Re: How do I find my local sub-net, to broadcast NTP

[Nathaniel Homier <nathaniel.homier@gmail.com>]

owens@peak.org wrote:
> > I am trying to get NTP to broadcast the time on my local subnet.  I have
> > the ntp.conf uncommented in the proper place.  I put 192.168.1.255 as my
> > sub-net but I am not sure.  I have a cable modem>Linksys 4 port
> > router>my computer.  My computer's IP address is 192.168.1.100 and my
> > router is 192.168.1.1.  Gnome-network-tools shows in devices under the
> > broadcast column an IP of 192.168.1.255.  So I assumed that
> > 192.168.1.255 is the sub-net, or is it 192.168.1.0.
> >
> > Nate
> 192.168.1.255 is the broadcast address on your subnet
> Larry

You mean that the router is broadcasting on 192.168.1.255?  So if I put 
192.168.1.255 in ntp.conf, then the router will get the ntp packets from 
192.168.1.100 and broadcast them to other computers on the lan.
Nate