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Subnetting

A network administrator is connecting hosts A and B directly through their Ethernet interfaces, as shown in the illustration. Ping attempts between the hosts are unsuccessful. What can be done to provide connectivity between the hosts?

A crossover cable should be used in place of the straight-through cable.
A rollover cable should be used in place of the straight-through cable.
The subnet masks should be set to 255.255.255.192.
A default gateway needs to be set on each host.
The subnet masks should be set to 255.255.255.0.

1 only

2 only

3 and 4 only

1 and 5 only

2 and 5 only

Answer: Option

Explanation:

First, if you have two hosts directly connected, as shown in the graphic, then you need a crossover cable. A straight-through cable won't work. Second, the hosts have different masks, which puts them in different subnets. The easy solution is just to set both masks to 255.255.255.0 (/24).

Discussion:

26 comments Page 3 of 3.

Chiranjee said: 7 years ago

Please elaborate working process between system to system with cross cable connectivity.

Marcus said: 9 years ago

If someone could find the subnet of these addresses using /24 CIDR.

Ehifameh Egbiremolen said: 9 years ago

D answer is perfect. You check again. It is a private IP address.

Jay said: 9 years ago

Please give a little explanation about crossover cable theory.

Avinash said: 7 years ago

Thanks for explaining this.

Tabrez said: 1 decade ago

Please explain why?

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