Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!mit-eddie!husc6!mailrus!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!QUABBIN.SCRC.SYMBOLICS.COM!DCP 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 References:Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 13 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).