Not true. Addresses ending in .0 and .255 are perfectly legitimate unicast addresses. It all depends on the netmask. for instance 10.1.1.0 with an 18-bit mask is good, as is 10.1.50.255 (and many others in between.)
> > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 9:47 AM > To: 'KaTT KaTT'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: help - can someone explain this to me? > > KaTT KaTT wrote: > > > > 127.0.0.0 is a little bit different than the above. This was > > basically a > > blunder from the old school. 127.0.0.0 was used by the Unix > > operating system > > as the loopback network, and has been reserved. They took an > > entire "class" > > I believe you meant 127.0.0.1, that's the default loopback address. > Pinging 127.0.0.0 will result in an unspecified destination statement. > > Any IPs ending in .0 or .255 are broadcast addresses for the network.
