Re: iwd: Using iwd to connect to a wireless network (Part 1 - Connection status show OK but unable to surf the net)

[Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com>]

Hi Dan

> Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2021 at 3:09 AM
> From: "Dan Ritter" <dsr@randomstring.org>
> To: "Stella Ashburne" <rewefie@gmx.com>
> Cc: "debian-user mailing list" <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> Subject: Re: iwd: Using iwd to connect to a wireless network (Part 1 - Connection status show OK but unable to surf the net)
>
> Stella Ashburne wrote:
> > Hi Dan
> >
> > Setting static IP address in network configuration
> > Add the following section to /var/lib/iwd/network.type file. For example:
> >
> > /var/lib/iwd/spaceship.psk
> > [IPv4]
> > Address=192.168.1.10
> > Netmask=255.255.255.0
> > Gateway=192.168.1.1
> > Broadcast=192.168.1.255
> > DNS=192.168.1.1
> >
> > In the above example the broadcast IP is 192.168.1.255.
> >
> > Question: Does the fourth octet have to be 255?
>
> Technically, no. In practice, you are unlikely to see anything
> else unless you are configuring point-to-point router links.
>
Just to confirm that I understood your statement correctly: can I omit the line Broadcast=192.168.1.255 in the file spaceship.psk?