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  • Your question is already answered here, but it also reduces traffic by keeping packets within a network defined by the subnet mask. It establishes guardrails so packet broadcasts aren’t sent everywhere. The Internet is a single network. But not all of it can communicate with other parts without the right access permissions. Subnet masks are one very basic aspect of that access control.