smb browsing broken by firewall

[shane at geeklords.org]

On Mon, 19 Jan 2004, Dan Williams wrote:

> Slight correction,
> 
> 255.255.255.255 is the broadcast address for _all_ subnets the machine
> may be on, to everywhere.  (also MAC FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF)
> 
> A local subnet broadcast address is, for example:
> 
> IP address: 10.0.0.50
> Local broadcast:  10.0.0.255
> Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
> 
> If all "host" bits of the address are 1, then the address is a broadcast
> address on the local subnet _only_, as long as all the "network" bits
> match the "network" bit range in the machine's IP address.

Awww of course, I should of said: "_The_ BROADCAST address". Kinda like 
saying a internet vs _The_ Internet :).  

In this case it was my understanding that netbios over tcp/ip uses _The_ 
broadcast address? :)

Shane.

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