Re: DHCP query/reply using IP directed-broadcast address

[Harald Tveit Alvestrand]

--On 8. oktober 2002 17:54 +0000 Ramkumar Sankar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:

> besides DHCP, are there any other protocols that use this subnet
> directed-broadcast address while sending out IP packets?

SMB, the Microsoft-derived filesharing protocol, can be (mis)configured to 
use subnet-directed broadcasts in order to announce the presence of a 
server on multiple subnets.

that's the only usage I know of.