A segment in a computer network marks the common physical medium, at which computers are attached.

A segment can interconnect several computers (point multi-point), as it is used with physical bus topologies e.g. with Ethernet over coaxial cables.

A segment can connect also only exactly two participants (point of point). This form is used with wirings over Twisted Pair cables or optical waveguide cables. A segment with point of point a connection is called frequently also link segment.

Segments interconnected by ouple elements such as Repeater, Bridge, stroke, SWITCH or rout.

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• Network segment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  Jump to: navigation, search. A network segment is a portion of a computer network separated by a computer networking device, including: ...


• Networking DHCP on a Multi-Segment Network
  DHCP on a Multi-Segment Network. 5/16/2003 By Dru Lavigne for ONLamp.com ... On a large network, subnets and relaying make DHCP configurations a little ...


• ONLamp.com -- DHCP on a Multi-Segment Network
  Dru Lavigne explains how to configure DHCP for a large, complex network.


• Segment (Network) (Linktionary term)
  Description of Segment (Network) from Tom Sheldon's Encyclopedia of Networking and Telecommunications.