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From: DCP@QUABBIN.SCRC.SYMBOLICS.COM (David C. Plummer)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Domain name/subnet relationship.
Message-ID: <19880627135421.6.DCP@SWAN.SCRC.Symbolics.COM>
Date: 27 Jun 88 13:54:00 GMT
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    Date:       Sat, 25 Jun 88 08:00:04 CDT
    From:       Mike Rackley 
	...
    I am confused about the relationship of domains and subnets.  Is there,
    or should there be, any specific relationship between domains and subnets?

They are completely orthogonal.  You can, if you want, establish
relationships, but it would be for purely personal and/or administrative
reasons; there would be (and can be) no technical reason for doing so.
The basic thing to remember is that domains are an administrative naming
system, whereas subnets are a physical cable numbering system (more or
less).