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Why broadcast ping takes longer than host ping
I have a simple question.
I have read that when I'm pinging broadcast address in LAN every device responds to ICMP Echo Request and console shows first(quickest) response.
But when I pinged ...
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From where do I get a reply if I ping broadcast address 255.255.255.255 from a router
When I do a ping to the broadcast address, I get reply from self-loopback 127.0.0.1.
Is this scenario correct or should I get reply from the longest-prefix IP?
ping 255.255.255.255
PING 255.255.255....
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