Some help with broadcasts through a Linux system

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

On Thu, 4 Feb 1999, Nicolas Williams wrote:

> 
> But 16.153.112.255 (assuming there's a 16.153.112/24 network) is a
> *directed* broadcast.
> 
> Commercial routers usually make directed broadcast forwarding an
> option.

this is a non-issue.  a WINS server, not "remote announce" should be used.