USRobotics NETServer/8 User Manual
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2-8 Basic Installation
3.
You must also set the Broadcast Address. Type the
following:
set net0 broadcast <
high or low>
Enter
High
The bits of the host portion of a broadcast address
are all ones. This is the rule for the vast majority of
IP networks.
Low
The bits of the host portion of a broadcast address
are all zeroes. This is rare, but is still used by
some systems including Sun OS 4.x (Solaris 1.x).
For example, the node 192.77.203.7 uses the default subnet
mask of 255.255.255.0, which would give it a high broadcast
address of 192.77.203.255 and a low broadcast address of
192.77.203.0. To use the address ending in 255:
set net0 broadcast high
Enter
4.
If your network does not use the IPX protocol, you may now
go to Final Steps. Otherwise complete the steps in the next
section, IPX Configuration.