Per Hedeland wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tom Smith > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Erik wrote: >>> On 15 mrt, 17:21, Tom Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>> broadcast 145.47.51.127 key 1 >>>>> broadcast 145.47.51.255 key 1 >>>>> broadcast 145.47.52.127 key 1 >>>>> broadcast 145.47.53.127 key 1 >>>> That's the right idea, but the second one above already >>>> includes the first. > > How do you figure that? If (according to latest report) there are two > networks a) 145.47.51.0/25 and b) 145.47.51.128/25, the address > 145.47.51.255 doesn't "include" 145.47.51.127 in any way. 145.47.51.127 > is the broadcast address for a), 145.47.51.255 is the broadcast address > for b) - and hosts on network a) will not see 145.47.51.255 as a > broadcast address - in fact they will just see it as a random address on > a remote network. A broadcast address is either 255.255.255.255 or one > where the network part matches exactly and the host part is all-ones. >
There's currently a problem with the broadcast address 255.255.255.255 (see bug #779 https://ntp.isc.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=779) so don't use it. Danny _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
