I've done a fair bit of UDP socket programming in the past, but have only ever heard of the usual reserved IPs:
- 127.0.0.1
- 192.168.x.x
- 10.x.x.x
But from an IP2Location it says multicast. Is 234.5.5.1 an actual IP address or reserved?
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A:
Check out: Wikipedia - IP Multicast
Specifically the addressing section.
Lloyd
2009-05-14 14:11:11
So it could've just been 234.0.0.1 instead of 234.5.5.1
Chris S
2009-05-14 14:19:18
Yup, reserved IPs are usually given as entire ranges.
James Burgess
2009-05-14 14:26:04
Also, 127.0.0.1 can just as well be 127.111.222.42.
Ville Laurikari
2009-05-14 15:37:22