On 2014/05/23 14:25, ToddAndMargo wrote:
> On 05/23/2014 02:08 PM, Alan Bartlett wrote:
>> On 23 May 2014 22:02, ToddAndMargo <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> Is there some special meaning (like 127.0.0.1.) to
>>> the following IP address?
>>>
>>>      224.0.0.251
>>>
>>> Many thanks,
>>> -T
>>
>> It is an IP Multicast address.
>>
>> host 224.0.0.251
>>
>> will tell you a bit more.
>>
>> Alan.
>>
>
> Hi Alan,
>
> $ host 224.0.0.251
> Host 251.0.0.224.in-addr.arpa. not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)
>
> Not sure what I am suppose to find.
>
> This is why I ask (VLC's doing):
>
> kernel: Vlan-out Everything Else IN= OUT=eth0.5 SRC=192.168.254.10
> DST=224.0.0.251 LEN=56 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=255 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=5353
> DPT=5353 LEN=36
>
> eth0.5 is a virtual Ethernet too, not hooked to the Internet.
>
> And port 3535 UDP?
>
> $ grep -i 3535 /etc/services
> ms-la           3535/tcp                # MS-LA
> ms-la           3535/udp                # MS-LA
>
>
> Thank you for the help,
> -T
>
Lysdexic are we? It's 5353 which seems to be an alternate DNS address.

{^_^}   Joanne "me too be lysdexic"