Re: [Madwifi-users] Help with configuring Mad-WIFI
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From: wayne <wa...@zk...> - 2004-08-11 02:55:49
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> how do you do broadcast to all 65K hosts if one uses 192.168.0.xxx > - you're now limited to only 256 hosts since "0" > is used for other purposes .. if you want more hosts, > you have to go and remove "0" from all the first 255 hosts > or use 192.168.0.xx and 10.0.0.yyy > If the network mask is 255.255.255.0 then I don't think that you can since the 0 you are referring to is part of the Network address. Even IF its not part of the network address is it still valid for it to be 0. If it can be 0 then you have the throw away 254 valid IP addresses: example: 192.168.x.y 255.255.255.0 In this case x is part of the network address and has really nothing to do with broadcast. 192.168.x.y (Network address) 255.255.0.0 (Network Mask) In this case x is part of the host id and it can still be 0 as long as y is not ... Host address can then go from 192.168.0.1 - 192.168.255.254 (or 255, I can't remember if all 1's is a special address any more.) Note the 0 in 192.168.0.1 - 192.168.0.255. Also, the address 192.168.1.0, 192.168.2.0, etc are all valid. |