On 23 May 2014 22:25, ToddAndMargo <[email protected]> wrote: > On 05/23/2014 02:08 PM, Alan Bartlett wrote: >> >> On 23 May 2014 22:02, ToddAndMargo <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> Is there some special meaning (like 127.0.0.1.) to >>> the following IP address? >>> >>> 224.0.0.251 >>> >>> Many thanks, >>> -T >> >> >> It is an IP Multicast address. >> >> host 224.0.0.251 >> >> will tell you a bit more. >> >> Alan. >> > > Hi Alan, > > $ host 224.0.0.251 > Host 251.0.0.224.in-addr.arpa. not found: 3(NXDOMAIN) > > Not sure what I am suppose to find. > > This is why I ask (VLC's doing): > > kernel: Vlan-out Everything Else IN= OUT=eth0.5 SRC=192.168.254.10 > DST=224.0.0.251 LEN=56 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=255 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 > DPT=5353 LEN=36 > > eth0.5 is a virtual Ethernet too, not hooked to the Internet. > > And port 3535 UDP? > > $ grep -i 3535 /etc/services > ms-la 3535/tcp # MS-LA > ms-la 3535/udp # MS-LA > > > Thank you for the help, > -T
Oops. Typo time. Substitute "whois" for "host". Sorry for the confusion. Alan.
