[NTLUG:Discuss] Routing BROADCAST messages.

[Steve Baker]

Rusty Haddock/KD4WLZ wrote:

> 255.255.255.255 say "send this packet to every possible IP address." Well,
> at least as many as possible given what all the routers, bridges, filters,
> etc.  permit.

Yep - and I imagine my ISP wouldn't be too happy about me broadcasting to his
machines - although broadcast messages are probably the *first* things that
get dumped.
 
> Unfortunately the books that I want to quote are on my book shelf at work.
> Luckily my library is cataloged in a database here at home.  Here's one
> book that really helped me out a lot with this UDP broadcasting:
> 
>     "UNIX Network Programming" by W. Richard Stevens

Thanks - I'll head over to Amazon and snag a copy.
 
> More answers, or attempts thereof, in the next message.

I think I'm all set now.  Getting rid of 'dummy0' and choosing the
broadcast address to suit *which* subnet I want to send to (192.168.0.255)
seems to have been enough to fix everything.

Thanks for your help.

I'm working on Saturday mornings for the near future - so I won't
be making it to the meeting  :-(

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