Is 192.168.2.255 a directed broadcast?

Yes It should be your broadcast address assuming that your Subnet mask is 255.255.255.0.
Take a look at this definition for more help: http://www.atis.org/tg2k/_directed_broadcast_address.html

What I'm confused about, is that usually broadcasts I see are
192.168.2.5 ---------> 255.255.255.255
0A:44:B3:00:00:00: ---> FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF

But the one I saw was 192.168.2.5 -----> 192.168.2.255
0A:44:B3:00:00:00: ---> FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF


What's the difference between them?
Thanks

You always going to have 255.255.255.255 /255.255.255.255

What ever is your network you also will have the broadcast for that network.
in your situation, your network is 192.168.2.0 and therefore broadcast will be 192.168.2.255 with Mask 255.255.255.0
If you type the command "route print" from a command prompt you should see those numbers.

The 192.168.2.5-------> 255.255.255.255 should have the gateway 127.0.0.1
that is a loop for Network test.
in addition you should have 192.168.2.5 -----> 192.168.2.255
these are routes that define where you computer can go

What's the difference between them?
they are both Broadcast addresses.

I hope I was clear enough

Regards,

vico1

so in short:

- a directed broadcast is always destined for another network.

-In order for a directed broadcast to work, the router must be configured to allow a 192.168.2.255 address (just an example) to pass.

-layer 2 broadcasts never cross networks

Vico: are you saying 192.168.2.255   255.255.255.0   is the same as 255.255.255.255???
Thanks