darrenster
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I don't think this is really possible, but thought I would ask... I am in the broadcast field with a whole bunch of devices that are all on the same network, same subnet and broadcast domain. Because of advancement in broadcast technology, a lot of new devices we receive all all network interfaces and we need to get them onto the network, and we only have one subnet we can put them into. With all these new devices communicating to each other, we are starting to see broadcast storms form on the network and we worry that a failure may happen while on air. (There goes Sunday Night Football...)
Currently all these devices are on the 192.168.253 subnet. Is there a way to group these various devices into their own broadcast domain yet still allowing communication to these groups via an engineering computer? The catch is without changing the IP addresses. Changing these addresses can be done, but it is a PITA.
I'm looking at trying to form about 6 different groups.
I know in a perfect world, each set of devices would be in their own subnet. A router would then be used to allow certain devices access to the different subnets. But this theory is not really practical here.
Thanks!
Currently all these devices are on the 192.168.253 subnet. Is there a way to group these various devices into their own broadcast domain yet still allowing communication to these groups via an engineering computer? The catch is without changing the IP addresses. Changing these addresses can be done, but it is a PITA.
I'm looking at trying to form about 6 different groups.
I know in a perfect world, each set of devices would be in their own subnet. A router would then be used to allow certain devices access to the different subnets. But this theory is not really practical here.
Thanks!