From: barmar@alum.mit.edu   
      
   In article <5b266ef3-4ac0-4cee-8e48-433937930ec9@googlegroups.com>,   
    herrmannsfeldt@gmail.com wrote:   
      
   > I am still working on booting diskless Suns.   
   >   
   > Are hosts supposed to accept and respond to UDP requests to 255.255.255.255?   
   >   
   > It seems to me that FreeBSD and Linux don't, but OS X does.   
   >   
   > Running the same (compiled form source) bootparamd, it works on OS X, but not   
   > on the others.   
   >   
   > thanks,   
      
   This is called the "limited broadcast address." RFC 1122 Section 3.3.6   
   says that all hosts MUST recognize it, and says that this is the address   
   that SHOULD be used when sending a broadcast.   
      
   --   
   Barry Margolin   
   Arlington, MA   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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