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Yes, there is. Either you mention an IP address with a netmask such as 127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 or you use CIDR. Mentioning a broadcast address to describe an address space is wrong because it doesn't describe how many bits (netmask and CIDR do that for IPv4).


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