[Cse461] BroadcastAddress as packet destination

From: Janet Davis (jlnd_at_cs.washington.edu)
Date: Wed Jan 14 2004 - 20:50:18 PST

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    This is a clarification about using the BroadcastAddress as the packet
    destination (the to field of the Packet class).

    BroadcastAddress as the packet destination should be interpreted as
    wanting to get the packet to every node in the network. When your node
    receives such a packet, it should both process it and flood it on.

    So, when you send a Ping packet to the broadcast address, you can expect
    the ping to end up at every other node in the network -- unless you do
    something else to limit how far it will travel.

    Cheers,
    Janet 

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Janet Davis
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