8.2 The IP address INADDR_BROADCAST Next: 9 Routing Sockets Up: 8 Special IP addresses Previous: 8.1 The IP address 8.2 The IP address INADDR_BROADCAST The kernel picks the UDP or TCP socket to which a packet sent to the INADDR_BROADCAST address (255.255.255.255) is delivered in the following way: If there is a socket that is bound to the address assigned to the interface from which the packet was received, the packet will be delivered to this socket. If there is no such socket, the packet will be delivered to one of the sockets bound to INADDR_ANY. Obviously, the destination port of the packet and the port to which the socket was bound to need to match in both cases. Next: 9 Routing Sockets Up: 8 Special IP addresses Previous: 8.1 The IP address
