On Wed, Jul 30, 1997 at 10:15:24PM -0700, Joe Rhett wrote:
.255 is _always_ a broadcast address, no?
Uh, no. If the bit mask is smaller than /24, any given .255 address could be legitimate.
RFC 917 and RFC 922 (admittedly old) suggest strongly that this isn't a good idea; I'm still searching to find the reference I remember that specifically deprecates it. I guess it matters, since I'm not aware of routers that allow the specification of filter rule addresses with /netsizes. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth jra@baylink.com Member of the Technical Staff Unsolicited Commercial Emailers Sued The Suncoast Freenet "People propose, science studies, technology Tampa Bay, Florida conforms." -- Dr. Don Norman +1 813 790 7592