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   From: barmar@alum.mit.edu   
      
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    SpreadTooThin  wrote:   
      
   > If my router assigns ip addreses like 192.168.1.*   
   > When I set my netmask to 255.255.255.0 then my broadcast address is   
   > 192.168.1.255.   
   > If however I set my netmask to 255.255.255.128 then is my broadcast   
   > address 192.168.1.127?   
      
   It is if your addresses are in the range 192.168.1.1 through   
   192.168.1.126.  If your addresses are in the range 192.168.1.129 through   
   192.168.1.254 then the broadcast address is 192.168.1.255.   
      
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