[OT-mask]

[Madison Kelly]

The highest IP in a network slice based on the IP given and it's subnet 
mask is indeed broadcast. IE, 192.168.0.255/24 is indeed broadcast but 
if the subnet mask was /25 then both 192.168.0.128 and 192.168.0.255 
will be broadcast for their respective subnets. 192.168., 10. and 127. 
are reserved and are not routed to the net so you are right there. As 
for the rest of your question, could ask for clarity? I seem to be 
having trouble following the first part of your question.

HTH!

Madison

Gregory D Hough wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> I labelled this OT but it may be right on. An interesting phenomenon  
> occurs when a Linux admin wannabe notices a winbox was compromised  
> within a NATwork and replaces it a different flavor of winnibblets. I'm  
> no astronaut, but this re-entry has been quite a ride.
> 
> Bad guys often wear masks to hide their true identity. "I believe" the  
> same is true with badguysonline. So my question is when if ever should  
> there appear a 255 octet in a host address, and is it wise to do  
> anything but DROP these?
> 
> As I understand it, a packet sent to 192.168.1.255 will be seen by all  
> hosts on the 192.168.1.0. As I understand it, 192.168.0.0/16 is non- 
> routeable on the internet along with a few other reserved network  
> blocks. I'd like to learn how this pertains to the wide area network.  
> Here is just one example:
> 
> 68.95.134.255 resolves to:
> adsl-68-95-134-255.dsl.rcsntx.swbell.net
> 
> thanks,
> farmer6re9


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