Monday, March 2, 2009

Can we attach two subnets on same [layer 2] switch?

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Multiple subnets running on one switch
www.mcmcse.com/forums/viewtopic.php?printertopic=1&t=3790&
start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&vote=viewresult

2 subnets through one switch
www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-networking-3/
2-subnets-through-one-switch-544768/
Interesting comment(s):
The drawbacks of two subnets on one LAN include:
A machine on one subnet can see traffic for the other subnet
(when in promiscuous mode).
This can lead to security risks, especially with DMZs

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