> > 
> > Hmm, odd, that's the last thing I tried, to no
> avail. Is it possible
> > that INADDR_BROADCAST only responds to certain
> broadcast addresses, i.e.
> > 192.168.1.255 but NOT 255.255.255.255?
> 
> Yes I think that's right (and what I would expect).
> 
> If your device is really sending to 255.255.255.255
> I think it is
> misconfigured !  It SHOULD be sending to the
> broadcast address for the
> subnet to which it belongs (i.e. 192.168.1.255) ! 
> 
> I'm not sure that 255.255.255.255 is even a valid
> broadcast address ?
> 


255.255.255.255 is a limited broadcast. routers do not
forward the packet. it is usually used when the subnet
and ip address of the interface is NOT known. bootp
uses this feature.

John

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