From: barmar@alum.mit.edu   
      
   In article <613d5102-4f29-45b2-be12-6b31b1519b49@googlegroups.com>,   
    Yuwen  wrote:   
      
   > Dear all,   
   >   
   > I was not allowed to assign an IP address like 192.168.0.0/16 to a network   
   > interface in a VxWorks environment. The source code says address like   
   > 192.168.0.0 is old style broadcast address, it's not permitted.  Is there any   
   > standard or document mentioning this old style broadcast address?  If I use   
   > such an address in a network, what will happen?   
      
   IIRC, BSD used both 192.168.0.0 and 192.168.255.255 as the broadcast   
   address for the 192.168.0.0/16 network. Any network stack still   
   implementing that would not be able to communicate with a machine that   
   was assigned this IP.   
      
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