Maxium number of nodes

[anon]

can any one tell me what the maxium number of nodes is on
a class c? ithink its 254? is it good practis to subnet a
class c when u get to about 200 nodes ro reduce brodcast
zones? and if you need more IP's

Any help would be grate.

 

[Doug Sherman [MVP]]

254 is correct.

Subnetting can be used as part of a strategy to isolate and reduce broadcast
traffic. Not sure there is anything significant about the number 200.
Subnetting reduces the number of available IP addresses. Supernetting is a
technique which can used to increase the number of available host IP
addresses on a segment. See:

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...2003/all/deployguide/en-us/dnsbb_tcp_wlaq.asp

Doug Sherman
MCSE Win2k/NT4.0, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP