Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!hedrick From: hedrick@aramis.rutgers.edu (Charles Hedrick) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: default broadcast address Message-ID:Date: 9 Jul 88 07:51:57 GMT References: <8807071832.AA07969@hogg.cc.uoregon.edu> Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 5 I don't think there is a single answer to the best broadcast address. In general I recommend 255.255.255.255 on networks where the machines can deal with it. On those where they can't, probably {net,0,0} is the only one that will work. We're slowly being able to move to 255.255.255.255.