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You definitely did not mean /16 aka 255.255.0.0 right.<br />
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/23 aka 255.255.254.0 is fine.<br />
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Enable portfast and storm control on the switchports. <br />
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My network is /22 and thats working just fine.
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You definitely did not mean /16 aka 255.255.0.0 right.

/23 aka 255.255.254.0 is fine.

Enable portfast and storm control on the switchports.

My network is /22 and thats working just fine.

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Sorry, yes I did mean 255.255.0.0 &nbsp;Please advise the problems?
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Sorry, yes I did mean 255.255.0.0  Please advise the problems?

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/16 will give you about 65000 hosts. The larger the number of hosts are, the difficult it becomes to maintain network performance. <br />
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You can limit the broadcast using a feature called storm control. 300 host is still good in a single broadcast domain, but definitely not 65000.
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/16 will give you about 65000 hosts. The larger the number of hosts are, the difficult it becomes to maintain network performance.

You can limit the broadcast using a feature called storm control. 300 host is still good in a single broadcast domain, but definitely not 65000.

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Thanks, yes, that was my question, would 300 not be too many because of broadcasts. &nbsp; Would it not be better to separate them to separate physical networks?
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Thanks, yes, that was my question, would 300 not be too many because of broadcasts.   Would it not be better to separate them to separate physical networks?

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Hi Experts, I plan to have 300+ hosts on the same physical network using &nbsp; &nbsp;192.168.1.x &nbsp;255.255.0.0 &nbsp; &nbsp;and &nbsp; &nbsp;192.168.2.x &nbsp; &nbsp;255.255.0.0 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Will I experience excessive broadcast traffic? &nbsp;Is their a better way to do it? &nbsp; Many thanks
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Hi Experts, I plan to have 300+ hosts on the same physical network using    192.168.1.x  255.255.0.0    and    192.168.2.x    255.255.0.0      Will I experience excessive broadcast traffic?  Is their a better way to do it?   Many thanks

Will I have a problem with broadcast traffic with 300+ hosts on the same physical network

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