A network technician is able to connect the switches between two offices, but the offices cannot communicate with each other, as each office uses a different IP addressing scheme.
Which of the following devices needs to be installed between the switches to allow communication?
A.
Bridge B.
Access point C.
Router D.
Range extender.
C.
A network technician is able to connect the switches between two offices, but the offices cannot communicate with each other, as each office uses a different IP addressing scheme.
Which of the following devices needs to be installed between the switches to allow communication?
A.
Bridge
B.
Access point
C.
Router
D.
Range extender.
C.
The device that needs to be installed between the switches to allow communication between the two offices that use different IP addressing schemes is a router.
A router is a networking device that is used to connect multiple networks together and route data between them. It operates at the network layer of the OSI model and uses routing tables to determine the best path for data to take from one network to another.
In this scenario, the switches are able to physically connect the two offices, but since they are using different IP addressing schemes, the data packets cannot be properly routed between them. By installing a router between the switches, the router will be able to understand the different IP addressing schemes used by the two offices and properly route data between them.
A bridge, on the other hand, is a networking device that is used to connect multiple network segments together and filter traffic between them based on MAC addresses. An access point is a wireless networking device that provides wireless connectivity to devices. A range extender is a device that extends the range of a wireless network. None of these devices would be able to address the issue of different IP addressing schemes between the two offices.