IPv4 Limited broadcast address

Here, in this tutorial lesson we will learn about IPv4 limited broadcast address.

Broadcast is a type of network communication in IPv4. In broadcast type of communication, a computer in a network can send an IPv4 datagram packet once and that IPv4 datagram packet will be delivered to all other computers in that network. In other words, broadcast is one to all type of communication. In broadcast, the sender sends the IPv4 datagram packets once and all other computers in the intended destination network receives a copy of that IPv4 datagram packet. There are two types of broadcasts - limited broadcast and directed broadcast. Both limited broadcast and directed broadcast use different special IPv4 addresses as destination addresses.

Limited broadcast address 255.255.255.255

IPv4 address 255.255.255.255 is used as limited broadcast address. Limited broadcast address 255.255.255.255 can appear as only destination address in IPv4 header.

Limited broadcast is a type of broadcast which is limited to the Local Area Network (LAN). Routers will not forward limited broadcast IPv4 datagram packets because, these broadcasts are not relevant to other networks and cause flooding everywhere in the Internet. So, the scope of limited broadcasts is limited to the Local Area Network (LAN). Please click following link to know how limited broadcasts work.