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Going through the concept of LBA (Limited Broadcasting) and DBA (Directed Broadcast Address), if i consider two cases

Case 1 : when host A (10.1.2.3) want to send the packet to all the nodes of a DIFFERENT Network (say 11.0.0.0), in this case we use DBA, hence, the Destination IP will be 11.255.255.255.

Case 2 : when host A (10.1.2.3) want to send the packet to all the nodes in SAME Network (i.e.10.0.0.0), in this case we use LBA, hence, the Destination IP will be 255.255.255.255.

Now, instead of using LBA i.e. (255.255.255.255) in Case 2, why can't i just use DBA (Directed Broadcasting), making the Destination IP 10.255.255.255 ?
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