On Thu, 20 Jul 2000, Angus Lees wrote:
I've taken this off the list because it's not really Linux related.
> > Can you provide examples of how to do this, and proof it works? Off list,
> > if you like, since it's prolly off topic a bit too far for SLUG.
>
> easy:
> ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.50 \
> netmask 255.255.255.0 \
> broadcast 192.168.1.7
>
> the broadcast address is just another ip address that everyone listens
> on, in addition to their unique address. what address is actually used
> is just a convention.
OK, fine - but how do external sites to yours find your broadcast
address?
I've never come across this one before - I'm sure it'd work on a one
segment network - just not sure how it'd go connected to a larger picture.
I've never even seen this suggested in any of the texts I've used - nor in
any of the vendor docs I've used/am familiar with.
> obviously you still can't have a host attempting to use the broadcast
> address as its host id.
That goes without saying.
DaZZa
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