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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?1. A crossover cable should be used in place of the...

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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?1. A crossover cable should be used in place of the straight-through cable.2. A rollover cable should be used in place of the straight-through cable.3. The subnet masks should be set to 255.255.255.192.4. A default gateway needs to be set on each host.5. The subnet masks should be set to 255.255.255.0.

A).  1 only

B).  3 and 4 only

C).  3 and 4 only

D).  1 and 5 only

E).  2 and 5 only


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 1 and 5 only



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).

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