Ubuntu
kdenetwork package

Broadcast set to x.x.255.255 instead of x.x.0.1

Bug #190885 reported by Cima
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kdenetwork (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: kdenetwork

When using Manual configuration both via knetwrok manager of ifconfig, broadcast must be set back to the correct value of x.x.0.1 instead of x.x.255.255 that appears after a reboot.
KUbuntu Gutsy 7.10, everything up to date

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Harald Sitter (apachelogger) wrote :

Basic rule of IPv4: Broadcast always ends with 255.

Also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv4#Addresses_ending_in_0_or_255

Changed in kdenetwork:
status: New → Invalid
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