Networking Large Offices

Large offices include more people, more end user computers, and more users. Although you can network thousands of people in a single LAN, you do have to take additional steps to improve the performance of the LAN. The primary difference is that you subdivide groups of computers into different subnets.

Figure 1-6 shows a diagram for a larger office. Notice that the office includes multiple subnets and each subnet is separated by a router. The computers are separated on the different subnets so that each subnet has less traffic. Notice that subnet A has only servers while other subnets have users. Placing the servers on separate subnets is common in larger networks.