2006-07-26 03:02:04 · 2 answers · asked by shenin s 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
A broadcast domain is basically a VLAN. The broadcast domain defines how far a Layer-2 broadcast will propagate on the network, which is to say the broadcast will hit every device on the VLAN, or every device on the "subnet". Routers block broadcasts by design. If you need to leave your broadcast domain (get off your local subnet) then you jump up to layer 3 and go through a router to talk to machines on some other broadcast domain. The layer 2 broadcast will typically traverse all hubs, bridges and switches in a single VLAN. If you question was in the context of using a "single broadcast domain" just be careful not to do that for a relatively large network with several hundred or thousands of nodes, or the network performance and/or the end-station performance will suffer because of all the broadcast traffic.
2006-07-26 12:50:38 · answer #1 · answered by networkmaster 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Broadcast Domain
2016-10-04 00:53:29 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A broadcast domain is a restricted area in which information can be transmitted for all devices in the domain to receive.
http://www.linktionary.com/b/broadcast_domain.html
2006-07-26 03:30:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋