What is Subnetwork (Subnet)?

What does Subnet stand for?

A Subnetwork (Subnet) is a separate and identifiable portion of an organisation’s commUnity, usually a nearby region Network (LAN) made out of all of the machines on one Ground, Building or geographical viciNity. Having several subnets allows an corporation to be related to the Internet with a shared community address, which means that that each one the machines on a given subnet have the same prefix to their IP addresses.

The practice of dividing a community into subnets is known as Subnetting.

What Does Subnetwork Mean?

The subnetting technique involves keePing apart the community and the subnet part of the IP address from the Host Identifier, which includes the network prefix, the subnet wide Variety (additionally known as a Subnet Mask) and the host number. The community prefix identifies the entire community, the subnet variety identifies a part of the whole subnetwork and the host variety identifies the host pc.

Data site visitors among subnets is conTrolled with the aid of Gateway Computers called Routers, which act as physical borders among subnets.