I'll add that broadcast traffic can be curtailed if some diligence is exercised. On a modern network, what's left that sends broadcasts? Browser elections? DHCP requests? For name resolution, I think modern Windows systems only broadcast as a last resort.
I'm curious to hear discussion about what else comprises the bulk of the broadcast traffic on a modern network. RM On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:41 -0800, "Kurt Buff" <[email protected]> wrote: > traffic. Computers are chatty things, and frequently send out > broadcast packets of various types. This broadcast traffic is one of > the reasons why routers are in such demand - they separate broadcast > domains, just like switches separate collision domains for Ethernet. > > There's also good reason why /24 (aka 255.255.255.0) is such a popular > network size - after a certain point, the broadcast traffic on a > network starts to affect the performance of the hosts on the network, > because so much overhead is dedicated to processing the broadcast > packets. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
