Lecture 11: The IP Protocol #1

IP Broadcast Address

The broadcast address is the address used to send a datagram to all hosts on the local network simultaneously. This is the address given by the network number followed by all binary 1's in the host part of the address.

For example: The broadcast address for a host on the La Trobe, Bendigo Class-B IP network would be^[2]:

149.144.255.255

An example class C broadcast address is:

197.23.114.255

^[2] Except for the fact that subnetting is in use, see next slide. There's also some subtlety in what's a valid broadcast address, see the tute for more on this.

Lecture 11: The IP Protocol #1

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