Collision domains:
Station A sends out a frame, this frame can collide with an other frame from
station X on the "wire". Station A and all other stations that could be
station X form a collision domain, this includes ports from routers and
switches. A collision domain means all the stations that share the same
physical "wire" directly or indirectly through a repeater (hub). Bridges,
switches and routers break up collision domains
Broadcast domains:
Station A sends out a broadcast, this broadcast can be received by station
X. Station A and all other stations that could be station X form a broadcast
domain. Broadcasts are normally forwarded by bridges and switches. Routers
normally filter broadcasts (not always, think about IP HELPER function).
However switches do also VLANs, this means that not all broadcasts are
forwarded out all ports. A broadcast stays within its VLAN !!!.
--> switches can break up collision domains and by using VLANs also can
break up broadcast domains.
Willy Schoots
Lucent NPS
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
Suresh Uniyal
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 9:18 AM
To: Cisco (E-mail)
Subject: Difference in Broadcast Domain and Collision Domain......
Hi all,
How we r going to differentiate between a broadcast domain and a collision
domain.
Can we co-relate this to a router and a switch or a bridge.
-SU
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