[c-nsp] Network Size

[Ryan O'Connell]

On 03/02/2005 20:34, jexum at harding.edu wrote:

>This may be one of those obvious questions but I'll ask anyway...
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>Are there any guidlines for how many systems should be in one network (broadcast domain).
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>I currently have 2000-2100 systems in one network here on my campus and we seem to have some issues with being to large, poor performance mostly not related to errors.  I have often read articles saying if your network is to large you need to split it up.  They just never seem to define "to large".
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2,000 hosts is too many for one broadcast domain, 20-100 would be typical.

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