Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!gamiddleton From: gamiddleton@watmath.waterloo.edu (Guy Middleton) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: default broadcast address Message-ID: <19803@watmath.waterloo.edu> Date: 10 Jul 88 02:41:25 GMT References: <8807071832.AA07969@hogg.cc.uoregon.edu> <12412750860.11.BILLW@MATHOM.CISCO.COM> Reply-To: gamiddleton@watmath.waterloo.edu (Guy Middleton) Organization: University of Waterloo [MFCF/ICR] Lines: 10 This is an important question for us, as we plan to convert our campus to a new set of addresses very soon (next week). Once we decide on a broadcast address, it will be difficult to change our minds. I had been planning on using the current 4.3 default of (I believe) {net,subnet,-1}, but recent comments seem to indicate that 0xffffffff may have advantages for diskless machines trying to discover their identities. More last-minute advice would be appreciated; after next Sunday, there will be no going back for us... -Guy Middleton, University of Waterloo Institute for Computer Research gamiddleton@math.waterloo.edu