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I seek some help regarding the difference between collision domain and
broadcast domain. According to my knowledge only one computer in
collision domain can transfer packets at a time. All the computers in
the broadcast domain will be listening to all the packets.

If this is wrong, please correct me.

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Vijaya <> wrote:
:I seek some help regarding the difference between collision domain and
:broadcast domain. According to my knowledge only one computer in
:collision domain can transfer packets at a time. All the computers in
:the broadcast domain will be listening to all the packets.

Broadcast domain is the logical set of computers reachable without
going through a router. For most IP broadcasts, the broadcast domain is
limited to the logical IP subnet.

Collision domain is at a lower layer, and refers to the set of
devices that there could be a packet collision with. The collision
domain could include devices in other IP subnets. wikipedia.org says,

A collision domain can be a single segment of Ethernet cable in
shared-media Ethernet, or a single Ethernet hub in twisted-pair
Ethernet, or even a whole network of hubs and repeaters.
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Collision domain is on hub type of device or same segment of Ethernet.
Broadcasting domain means such as between Ethernet segment or switch.

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