On 1/10/06, Herbert Graf <hgraf@email.com> wrote:
> Hello everyone, was wondering if someone out there might be able to help
> me with something.
>
> I have a device on my network that sends out broadcast packets (ip
> 255.255.255.255).
>
> I would like to write a linux program that receives these packets on
> another machine.

Your broadcast addres should complement your subnet mask and
IP address.

For example, if you have a local subnet of 192.168.1.x, and a netmask
of 255.255.255.0, your broadcast address should be 192.168.1.255

Bill

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