Can a switch handle multiple subnets?
Can a switch handle multiple subnets?
Switches can carry as many subnets as you want them to because they don’t know, or care, about IP routing. It’s actually fairly common in small setups to have a router (“gateway”) with multiple IP addresses, one per subnet, on a single Ethernet port.
Can switch connect two different networks?
You can daisy-chain network switches together. On most switches, it doesn’t matter which port you use to daisy chain to another switch. Just pick a port on both switches and use a patch cable to connect the switches to each other via these ports.
How can I connect two different subnets?
How to Connect Computers That Are on 2 Different Subnets
- Connect the computers to the network.
- Connect the routers to each other.
- Enable a routing protocol in each subnet’s router.
- Allow time for the routing tables to update.
Can you have different subnets on the same VLAN?
No, VLANs don’t require different subnets. Different subnets require different subnet addresses if they ever need to be able to route and/or talk to each other) and by extension if one VLAN wants to talk to a different VLAN it must use different addresses so we can make a routing decision to the right place.
Can the gateway be on a different subnet?
No, you cannot. The gateway IP tells the system how to get to another subnet, and without it, packets won’t leave the current subnet. A computer only knows how to talk to the other computers that are directly connected on the same subnet.
What happens if you connect two switch ports together?
If you plug a cable into two LAN ports, you’ll create a physical loop that causes a broadcast storm. This doesn’t really crash the router, but saturates the router’s switch with traffic (you’ll see all the LAN port lights blink continuously) so that no other data can get through.
Which device would you use to connect two network segments with different subnet addresses?
Which device would you use to connect two network segments with different subnet addresses? A Router.
Can you ping different subnets?
You should be able to ping either IP on a separate ping operation, without issue, if your PC is aware of where those networks are. If the routes aren’t already there, you should be able to add them yourself.
Do subnets have to match?
Subnet masks always work from left to right. Devices are said to be within the same subnet if their IP Address starts with the same digits, but ends with a different set of digits. If the subnet mask is 255.255. 255.0, then the first three octets of all devices must be the same.
How do I connect two networks together?
All you have to do in the router that connects the two networks it this:
- Configure each of two Ethernet ports into different VLANs.
- Assign each VLAN an IP address in one of your two networks.
- Connect each port to the network that port’s VLAN has an IP address in.
- Make sure the router is configured to do routing.
How do I access other networks?
How to Connect Remotely to a Network
- Click the Start button and type the word Remote. Then click the Remote Desktop Connection icon.
- Enter the name of the computer you want to connect to.
- Click the Connect button.
- Enter your username and password, and then click OK.
- Use the remote computer!
How do computers in different subnets communicate with each other?
The computers in the different subnets won’t ARP across-subnet so they will still need a router (or embedded layer-3 entity in the switch) in order to “talk” to each other. Because they share a broadcast domain there’s much less (arguably, none) isolation than if you were using VLANs.
What is the difference between VLANs and subnets?
At the heart of it, they’re just sharing a broadcast domain. The computers in the different subnets won’t ARP across-subnet so they will still need a router (or embedded layer-3 entity in the switch) in order to “talk” to each other. Because they share a broadcast domain there’s much less (arguably, none) isolation than if you were using VLANs.
Can two hosts share the same subnet mask?
Unfortunately, no, you are incorrect. Ron makes a good point, you didn’t provide a subnet mask, so if we were to assume the classful mask, the 10.x.x.x address would have a 255.0.0.0 mask, which would actually put the two hosts on the same network. If that is the case, they would have no problem communicating.
Can ARP and Mac spoof hosts in the same subnet?
It would be easy to ARP and MAC spoof hosts in either subnet from either subnet. If you’re just doing this in a lab scenario it’s probably fine. If you truly need isolation, though, in production deployment, you should use VLANs or separate physical switches.
