What are the effects of connecting on the SWITCH but the computers workstations have diffierent network ?
In the Office we have a Network SWITCH with 24 ports, 20 computers have been connected, 10 computers are on different network (192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0) and the other 10 computers (10.100.4.0 255.255.252.0) on that network?
It should all work fine. Switches works at the data link layer and the differences in the logical networks are at the network layer where the switch is completely unaware of them. However, the two networks will be unable to communicate unless you arrange routing between them in some manner, even though both are on the same physical wires. Also, if you are using DHCP you will need to take extra steps to ensure each machine ends up on the correct netowrk.
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July 5th, 2010 at 9:55 pm
It should all work fine. Switches works at the data link layer and the differences in the logical networks are at the network layer where the switch is completely unaware of them. However, the two networks will be unable to communicate unless you arrange routing between them in some manner, even though both are on the same physical wires. Also, if you are using DHCP you will need to take extra steps to ensure each machine ends up on the correct netowrk.
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