Advantages of Subnetting
The advantages of Subnetting are mentioned below:
- It provides security to one network from another network. eg) In an Organisation, the code of the Developer department must not be accessed by another department.
- It may be possible that a particular subnet might need higher network priority than others. For example, a Sales department needs to host webcasts or video conferences.
- In the case of Small networks, maintenance is easy.
Introduction To Subnetting
When a bigger network is divided into smaller networks, to maintain security, then that is known as Subnetting. So, maintenance is easier for smaller networks. For example, if we consider a class A address, the possible number of hosts is 224 for each network, it is obvious that it is difficult to maintain such a huge number of hosts, but it would be quite easier to maintain if we divide the network into small parts.