Types of Broadcast Network

There are two types of Broadcast Network

Direct Broadcast
Limited Broadcast

A. Direct Broadcast

Direct Broadcasting is a type of transmission where one node from a network sends the data packet to all available nodes in another network. This type of broadcast is used when all the receiving hosts from another network require the same data. Direct Broadcast can be achieved by setting all the host ID part bits of receiving node’s address to Direct Broadcast is used by television networks for the transmission of audio and videos. Let’s see the example of direct broadcast.

As shown in the above example, we have two networks, Network A and Network B. Host A from Network A wants to transmit data to all the nodes in Network B.

Source IP address: 11.2.3.1
Destination IP address: 20.255.255.255

B. Limited Broadcast

Limited Broadcast is defined as a type of transmission of data where the source host sends the data packets to all the other available nodes connected in the same network. The limited broadcast can be achieved by setting 1 for all the 32 bits of receiving IP address. Let’s see with an example.

As shown in the above figure, We have a single network of devices. All the devices are connected to the same network. The sending host sends the data packets to all the other nodes in the same network.

Source IP address: 11.2.3.1
Destination IP address: 255.255.255.255