PetePuma
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| Re: Last octet 255 bug on Windows? I hate to confirm that you appear to be right.
I tested this first on my home FIOS network. My Linux box on that network has no trouble reaching or rendering 202.83.176.255.
A Win2k box on the same network will fail immediately.
I also tried this on my XP Pro box at the office, with the same results as 2k.
There's no commonality amongst security software or firewalls on the 2 windows boxes, so I think this is a Windows-level thing. And frankly I'm quite surprised.
This article seems to indicate this is true:
»articles.techrepublic.com.com/51···906.html
"Specifically, Windows NT and 2000 do not allow the use of the X.X.X.255 or X.X.X.0 IP addresses. (For more information on this, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 281579.) Because the available hosts for this range of addresses will exceed our requirements, the loss of these few addresses will not be an issue."
KB 281579: »support.microsoft.com/kb/281579 seems to confirm this. |
