ITM 301 Chapter Notes -Broadcast Domain, Default Gateway, Broadcast Address

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Information Technology Management
• Course: ITM 301

Document Summary

When a network is segmented into multiple smaller networks: each network is its own broadcast domain, traffic on one network is separated from another network"s traffic. Networks are commonly segmented according to one of the following groupings: geographic locations, departmental boundaries, device types. A business has grown from 20 or 30 computers to having a few hundred computers and devices: there is only a single lan or broadcast domain, one router serves as the default gateway for the entire network. To better manage network traffic, segment the network so that each floor contains one lan, or broadcast domain. You will need to configure clients on each subnet, so they know which devices are on their own subnet: divide the pool of ip addresses into three groups or subnets (technique called subnetting) Ipv4 address is divided into two parts: network id and host id.