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Ping broadcast

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Subject: Ping broadcast
From: "Sunil V." <sunilv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 14:41:00 +0530
Organization: Accord

Hello,
When I do a ping broadcast ( ping -b 192.168.1.255  ) I get replies only
from GNU/Linux systems
and from the HP printer we have on our network. I am not getting echo
replies from other PCs
running Win9x/NT. Why is this? Can anybody throw some light on the same.

TIA,
sunil

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