Re: Difference in Broadcast Domain and Collision Domain......

2000-08-30 Thread Bharat Suneja
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 [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMA

RE: Difference in Broadcast Domain and Collision Domain......

2000-08-30 Thread Willy Schoots
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 s

Re: Difference in Broadcast Domain and Collision Domain......

2000-08-30 Thread Bharat Suneja
Yes we can Suresh. Broadcast Domains are the ones between two routers - Routers segment broadcast domains. Switches segment collission domains. Segmentation with switches will reduce collissions but broadcasts will still be forwarded out all ports. Bharat Suneja "Suresh Uniyal" <[EMAIL PROTECT