[ale] difference between subnet & segment?

[jknapka at charter.net (Joe Knapka)]

Check out:

http://wwwhost.ots.utexas.edu/ethernet/ethernet-home.html

A segment is a physical chunk of a network, while a
subnet is a logical one. They often correspond to
the same set of machines.

-- Joe

"David S. Jackson" wrote:
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> What is the difference between a network segment and a subnet?
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