I understand subnetting hosts on a switch (which still requires a router to allow communication between VLANs), and routing traffic between multiple LANs seems like it should be just as easy.

To connect two subnets, you need a router. <P>In your case, you didn't connect two subnets. You changed two disparate subnets to be one subnet. (changing the mask)<P>Frennz ...

Reasons to Divide a Network Into Subnets. A subnet is a subdivision of a local area network, created by applying a subnet mask to the IP addresses that make up the network. Subnets may or may not ...