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What is the significance of the IP address 255.255.255.255?

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Question added by ahmed elomda
Date Posted: 2016/03/24
Loganathan Subban
by Loganathan Subban , Network design Engineer 3 , Unisys India Pvt. Ltd

for the hosts not for the networks

Aamir Sohail
by Aamir Sohail , Computer and Network Technician , A.M Printers

A special type of IP address is the limited broadcast address 255.255.255.255. A broadcast involves delivering a message from one sender to many recipients. Senders direct an IP broadcast to 255.255.255.255 to indicate all other nodes on the local network (LAN) should pick up that message. This broadcast is 'limited' in that it does not reach every node on the Internet, only nodes on the LAN.

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