[PLUG] Network puzzle

Mike Connors mike.connors at albertagrocery.coop
Thu Jul 31 18:24:33 UTC 2014


For general knowledge purposes, 192.168.0.0 is the subnet address and
192.168.0.255 is the broadcast address for that subnet. The subnet address
is used in routing tables and the broadcast address would be used by a
computer configured for DHCP to send out a DHCP request to find a DHCP
server.

-Mike


On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 10:35 AM, Neal <nsedell at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 10:25 AM, Larry Brigman <larry.brigman at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > 192.168.0.0/24
>
>
> That's the "network" address, also off-limits for reasons I don't recall,
> likely historical.
>
> NealS
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