What John is suggesting is to open a socket to an unassignable IP address-- a broadcast address. This is a special address that specifies what subnet the broadcast is limited to. It's not an address that can be assigned to a NIC (e.g. by DHCP).
There's an example of this here: http://www.java2s.com/Code/CSharp/Network/BroadcstSample.htm =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor® http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com
