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Can a single subnet work across several switches?
New to networking and studying hard but limited access to a kit to try things at the moment...
My question is - if I had, for example, two Layer-2 switches cable connected, could I have devices on ...
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Bridges, hubs, switches and repeaters in subnetting
I'm learning to subnet and I'm constantly doing exercises on paper about this topic. I'm trying to breakdown a network into smaller subnets, given the number of hosts for each one. For now, I only ...
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Same Vlan Name / ID on different switches network subnet same or different?
I have several switches (some on same floor and another on other floors) all connected to core layer 3 switches through trunk links.
One of the vlan id / name is repeated along the switches. May I ...
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Why can't devices in different subnets talk with each other?
I know that the layer 2 doesn't understand IP, and the broadcast domain is same.
Why can't devices talk, how does it happen?
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VLAN vs Subnet in switch
For VLAN communication we need a layer 3 device. For internetwork communication, we also need a layer 3 device. Then why did concept of VLAN emerge?
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Accessing devices on different subnets using a switch
I have two devices which come up with default IP addresses:
Device 1 - 192.168.168.168 mask 255.255.255.0
Device 2 - 192.168.1.254 mask 255.255.255.0
I can commonly deduce that both the devices ...
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