Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 22:19:16 -0400 (EDT) From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> To: dsj@sylvester.dsj.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: segment, subnet Message-ID: <199908170219.WAA09363@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> In-Reply-To: <19990816205039.E44880@juno.dsj.net> from "David S. Jackson" at "Aug 16, 99 08:50:39 pm"
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David S. Jackson wrote, > What's the difference between a subnet and a network segment? A 'segment' almost always refers to a physical partitioning of a network. Typically, on an Ethernet network, a segment is any portion separated from another by a brigde, router, hub, switch, etc. The term 'subnet' is a bit more nebulous. Someone may refer to a physical segment as a subnet, but I would say it is more proper to speak of subnets only when you are discussing routing. That is, whereas several segments of an Ethernet might be connected in a switch, they must be one subnet since there is no routing. Or in other words, segments are how you breakup an Ethernet, subnets are how you breakup an IP network. My $0.02 -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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