# Subnets A subnet, or subnetwork, is a logical subdivision of an IP network, used to create smaller, interconnected networks within a larger network. Its aims include minimizing traffic, increasing network speeds, improving address allocation efficiency, and enhancing network security. * **Purpose**:- The purpose of subnetting is to create a fast, efficient, and resilient computer network. By dividing a large network into smaller, interconnected subnetworks, subnetting helps minimize traffic, increase network speeds, improve address allocation efficiency, and enhance network security. * **Benefits**:- Subnetting provides several benefits for small businesses, including reducing network traffic, overcoming limitations in a local network, allowing people to connect to a work network from there without having to open the entire network, protecting one network from the intrusion of another, and enabling the creation of separate networks for different departments, locations, or types of devices, subnetting also simplifies network maintenance, enhances network security and ensures that IP addresses are used efficiently, boosting the networks overall performance and speed. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.neevcloud.com/neevcloud-products/networking/subnets.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.