When configuring your network, what is the difference between using a subnet mask and subnetting?

What is the role of network protocols in establishing and managing network connections?

A single LAN connection links two hundred workstations and four servers, which are in turn linked to one another through a network of switches. You seem to be getting a large number of broadcast packets across your LAN, and you would want to lessen the load that this traffic is placing on your network. Specifically, what actions must you take to accomplish this?

Describe in an SDN controller the key function of the networking layer, the network-wide state-management layer and the network-control implementation layer.