[SOLVED] IP address type

[alfredjoejr]

What type of IP address is with the subnet mask of 255.255.255.255 ?

 

[kanewolf]

What type of IP address is with the subnet mask of 255.255.255.255 ?

Have you googled "255.255.255.255 subnet mask" ?

But this sounds like a homework question ...

 

[Alabalcho]

If you map IP addresses over real-world country/city/street/house addressing, this would be your home, from outside.

 

[alfredjoejr]

Have you googled "255.255.255.255 subnet mask" ?

But this sounds like a homework question ...

I know that the above subnet mask is for a broadcast, but I don't get it when that becomes a subnet mask for an example ip address.

 

[MrLitschel]

Copied answer from Linux SuperUser board inputting your question into google word for word. Please try to do some research before hand.

If you are subnet mask such as 255.255.255.255 then your network ID and IP address will be same. Why... because SUB_NET_MASK and IP ADDRESS = NETWORK ID, so every device connected to the device will also get network ID as IP address. If A wants to send a message to B, then it will send it to the gateway first and afterwards to B. It's nothing but an end-to-end connection.