Thanks for the clarification and a great explanation Willy - missed that
one! VLANs on switches do filter broadcasts. You would, however, need a
router to have hosts on two VLANs talk to each other.
Bharat Suneja
""Willy Schoots"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> 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-----
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> Suresh Uniyal
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> 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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