Broadcast communication parameter [BCAST]

Usage

TCP/IP

Values

String (in the form of an IP address)

Default

Broadcasts to all addresses on the same subnet

Description

BROADCAST specifies the IP address used by your TCP/IP protocol implementation to identify a broadcast message.

Broadcast addresses consist of the network IP address portion, with 255 as the remaining integers. For example:

The broadcast IP address 255.255.255.255 broadcasts to all subnets.