Timeline for Does every link between routers demand a new subnet?
Current License: CC BY-SA 4.0
9 events
| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 4, 2021 at 19:52 | vote | accept | Cewu00 | ||
| Jan 28, 2021 at 4:02 | answer | added | Ron Trunk | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jan 27, 2021 at 23:48 | comment | added | Cewu00 | @RonMaupin Yup I will, I get it, Thank you! :) | |
| Jan 27, 2021 at 23:46 | comment | added | Ron Maupin♦ | Remember that ethernet is not the only link-layer protocol or connection used by routers, There are also others, such as PPP, HDLC, frame relay, ATM, etc. that are sometimes used for WAN links. Ethernet is usually used on a LAN, but not always on a WAN. There are also often virtual interfaces you may configure, such as loopbacks, tunnels, subinterfaces for VLANs, etc., and each gets an address in a different network. | |
| Jan 27, 2021 at 23:41 | history | edited | Cewu00 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | added 5 characters in body |
| Jan 27, 2021 at 23:39 | comment | added | Cewu00 | @RonMaupin Aha, so basically in layman terms every port with an Ethernet cable gets a new Address within the router? Or... not exactly every port but the link "itself"? | |
| Jan 27, 2021 at 23:37 | review | First posts | |||
| Jan 28, 2021 at 4:09 | |||||
| Jan 27, 2021 at 23:36 | comment | added | Ron Maupin♦ | Yes, routers route packets between networks, so each router interface is in a different network. (There are such things as unnumbered interfaces, but do not get confused by that until you get the basics.) | |
| Jan 27, 2021 at 23:33 | history | asked | Cewu00 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |