I wanted to know the reason behind the closure of this question. The reason states the question is off-topic which surprises me because I happened to read a pretty similar question again in server fault over here. The second question doesn't even have an accepted answer but it is still left open....
I know there are routers with an IP on each port. No switch built into them. And cisco do routers like that. And I know there are Home routers that have 2 interfaces and a built in switch. And I know there are Switches that support VLANs and IP Subnets. Do those devices(with VLANs and IP Subnets) have to have a Router to allow routing between the IP Subnets? Or is that a function of its VLANing and not routing?
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What prompted me to post this was coming back to the site to find an answer that I previously wrote and ...
I posted a question about Active Directory Sites, so I looked for a tag specific to it. The sites tag appears to have questions relating to websites, Active Directory Sites, SharePoint Sites, DNS, etc. This tag is not good for organizing questions because it is too generic.
I'd like to propose some changes to the guidelines in our help center on what questions are on topic.
The goals of this change are:
Alter the language to focus on the question being asked as opposed to the person asking the question.
Clarify some of the wording to be clearer to the target audi...
I posted a question about Active Directory Sites, so I looked for a tag specific to it. The sites tag appears to have questions relating to websites, Active Directory Sites, SharePoint Sites, DNS, etc. This tag is not good for organizing questions because it is too generic.
I'd like to propose some changes to the guidelines in our help center on what questions are on topic.
The goals of this change are:
Alter the language to focus on the question being asked as opposed to the person asking the question.
Clarify some of the wording to be clearer to the target audi...
