Netconf's BROADCAST_ADDRESS Value

[Ray Terrell]

For the BROADCAST_ADDRESS variable in the /etc/rc.config.d/netconf, what happens when the value is null, like BROADCAST_ADDRESS="". When do you want to put in an IP address and when it is ok to leave is as a null value (BROADCAST_ADDRESS="")?

[Ramesh S]

Hi

You can leave it as null value BROADCAST_ADDRESS[0]="" . It will take thebroadcast address by default ( by haveing all 1 in host address part )

Best Regards,
Ramesh

[Yogeeraj_1]

hi Ray,

if you read that file, you will observe that it says:

BROADCAST_ADDRESS: Broadcast address in decimal-dot notation, if different from default

In fact, you do not put IP address there! A normal address have the same as the IP address of the interface being configured followed by .255
e.g.
BROADCAST_ADDRESS[1]="192.168.20.255"

hope this helps!

kind regards
yogeeraj

[whiteknight]

Ray

You can leave it blank, or you do ifconfig lan0

# ifconfig lan0
lan0: flags=1843
inet 16.151.160.153 netmask ff000000 broadcast 16.255.255.255
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

WK