IP Configuration

zimbo · Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 2:55 pm Post subject: IP Configuration

I just removed my DHCP server from my ADSL router and configured my debian box to pick up a static IP. All is well and im glad i learnt another tpoic today! BUT i got a few quick questions..

Let assume this is my interfaces configuration file:

ffreeloader · Master Joined: Aug 10, 2005 Posts: 579

Here is a pretty good description of the broadcast address and what it used for.

http://www.linktionary.com/b/broadcast_address.html

zimbo · Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 7:39 pm Post subject:

thanks freddy so its best that one every host on your network you have 192.168.1.255 as the broadcast right? or not?

ffreeloader · Master Joined: Aug 10, 2005 Posts: 579

zimbo · Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 10:07 pm Post subject:

so i didnt *need to* give the linux box a broadcast address? Confused

rijelkentaurus · Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 6:43 pm Post subject:

Say, for instance, that you have a network with 10 users. Your machine would broadcast out to find the other machines on the network and build a picture of the network and its shared resources. You probably didn't *need* a broadcast address for a 1 PC network, or perhaps even 2 or 3...but you'll need to know the IP of the resource you wish to connect to, because your machine will be unable to discover that information on its own. That's the biggest benefit I see.

ffreeloader · Master Joined: Aug 10, 2005 Posts: 579

linux_just_in_tim · Newbie Joined: Dec 21, 2006 Posts: 6

Hi guys,

Broadcast means if you want to send any request from your terminal to all the terminals. Now when you specify any range in your network you can actually send messeges bydefault to those messeges which are valid according to the iprange.

You can specify with the help of /24 or /22 or anything. So if you put all 1's in your broadcast-ipaddress then those ip's which match the range can get the messege which is meant for the whole group others not in the range do not get the message.

Thank You.
$AB$

swaysmith · Newbie Joined: Jan 09, 2010 Posts: 1

Swaysmith
the subnet mask is based on broadcast ,broadcast is terminal address which broadcast all the terminal If you don't understand what a DNS server is doing capture packets on a DNS server and look at the information in them.