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      floppypen
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      Hi,

      I am trying to assign static IP addresses to my devices within my network. I started with 192.168.1.250 and went up by 1. However when I got to 192.168.1.255, I got the following error:

      The IP address cannot be the LAN broadcast address.

      My LAN broadcast address is 192.168.1.1 so I don't really understand the error. If I choose 256 then I get the following errors:

      A valid IPv4 address must be specified.
      The IP address must lie in the LAN subnet.

      What am I doing wrong?

      Thanks in advance.

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        viragomann @floppypen
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        @floppypen
        Yes, it's obviously the broadcast address, assuming your LAN is 192.168.1.0/24.

        My LAN broadcast address is 192.168.1.1

        This could only be the case if you LAN is 192.168.1.0/31.

        I guess, this is the interface address.

        Each subnet has a broadcast address, which is the last one.

        If you LAN is 192.168.1.0/24 then 192.168.1.0 is the network address and 192.168.1.255 is the broadcast address. All between them can be used. 192.168.1.256 is invalid, it doesn't exist at all.

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          floppypen @viragomann
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          @viragomann thanks. I understand the issue now.

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