Special IP addresses
The following IP addresses are for special use and cannot be used as host IP addresses.
IP address with an all-zero net ID—Identifies a host on the local network. For example, IP address 0.0.0.16 indicates the host with a host ID of 16 on the local network.
IP address with an all-zero host ID—Identifies a network.
IP address with an all-one host ID—Identifies a directed broadcast address. For example, a packet with the destination address of 192.168.1.255 will be broadcast to all the hosts on the network 192.168.1.0.