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Re: Ping broadcast



> > When I do a ping broadcast ( ping -b 192.168.1.255  ) I get replies only
> > from GNU/Linux systems
> some listen to the 0th host, so try 192.168.1.0
i tried this on my network. And i noticed this, doing a ping broadcast to
the network id gets no replies.. and doing it to the broadcast id gets
replies from linux, macintosh and hp printers!!!!

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