Re: which UDP Broadcast address

"Dave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Hi
> If I am writing a program to communicate over a LAN using UDP broadcasts, do
> I need a directed broadcast or a flooded broadcast? ie should I be using
> 255.255.255.255, an address based on the network address ie xxx.yyy.255.255
> or calculating the address by taking into account the subnet mask?


You better have a damn good reason for using broadcasts in your 
program......Generally, this is very much frowned upon.


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