Reserved Ip Addresses - Xante Accel-a-Graphix CT4 User Manual

On a class A network, the first octet number in the broadcast
address should match the first number of the IP address. After the
network ID, the balance of the broadcast address should be 255s.

Reserved IP Addresses

Currently, several addresses are reserved by convention for use by
the networking software. These are listed in the following table and
should not be used as a device address.
Reserved IP Addresses
Net ID Host ID
all 0's all 0's
all 0's host ID
all 1's all 1's
net ID all 1's
net ID all 0's
127 anything
Addresses not shown in the preceding table should be valid, as long
as they identify the host within the given network. Your system
administrator should provide the correct address for you to use in the
file and spooling information.
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Meaning
This host
A host on this network
Limited broadcast (local network)
Directed broadcast (network specific)
Network address
Loopback address
(should never appear on a network)
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