In this scenario , it would also not matter what ip address you assigned to
the stations . ie: you could set one at 10.x.x.x /8 and the other at
192.x.x.x/28 and still get a ping response
Kane
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sheahan, Ryan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'Fowler, Joey '" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 5:23 AM
Subject: RE: Ethernet switching
> These are my thoughts,
>
> If the switch was right out of the box, the stations could ping each other
> no matter what subnet mask you were using. The reason being, they are
> located in the same broadcast domain, vlan1. This is the default vlan for
> all switched ports at this time. The first station would arp for the
other,
> it would get a response because they are on the same layer 2 broadcast
> domain and they could speak directly using the switch.
>
> Switches by default with no mls, are layer two devices. They have no
> concept of IP. They make decision based on layer 2 MAC addresses and the
> ports they are connected to. If these stations were in different vlans,
the
> situation would change. You then have created two broadcast domains and
in
> order for the devices to talk, a router or mls entry would be needed.
>
> Someone please correct me if I am wrong.
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fowler, Joey
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 1/31/01 10:52 AM
> Subject: RE: Ethernet switching
>
> Depends on the subnet mask you are using, for instance
>
> 142.102.3.1 with a subnet mask of 255.255.0.0
> 142.102.2.1 also with a subnet of 255.255.0.0
>
> The 2.1 and 3.1 would be on the same subnet, however if you have a
> different
> subnet mask I don't think it would work.
>
> Joey
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: alexs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2000 7:42 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Ethernet switching
>
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> I have a question that probably will sound silly but here it is:
> Suppose that you take a new 2924 out of the box and you plug in two
> PC's.
> You assign address, for example, 142.102.2.1 to the first one and
> 142.102.3.1 to the second one.There is not any router in this small
> network.142.102.2.1 tries to ping 142.102.3.1.The question is: will
> 142.102.2.1 get a reply and why?
> Thanks
> alexs
>
>
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