A small company has a single flat IPv4 network with 200 devices. Employees report that broadcast traffic is slowing down the network. The administrator decides to split the network into two smaller subnets of 100 devices each. What is the primary benefit of this change?

Broadcast traffic is eliminated entirely because each subnet uses a different IP class.

Each subnet becomes a separate broadcast domain, reducing the amount of broadcast traffic each device must process.

Each subnet gets its own default gateway, eliminating the need for routing between subnets.

The total number of usable IP addresses increases because the network bits are reduced.

A network administrator is troubleshooting a connectivity issue. A device has IP address 192.168.10.200 with subnet mask 255.255.255.192. The default gateway is 192.168.10.130. The device cannot reach the internet. What is the most likely cause?

The device and the gateway are on different subnets.

The gateway's IP address is a network address.

The device's IP address is a broadcast address.

The subnet mask is incorrect; it should be /24.

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A small company has a single flat IPv4 network with 200 devices. Employees report that broadcast traffic is slowing down the network. The administrator decides to split the network into two smaller subnets of 100 devices each. What is the primary benefit of this change?

A network administrator is troubleshooting a connectivity issue. A device has IP address 192.168.10.200 with subnet mask 255.255.255.192. The default gateway is 192.168.10.130. The device cannot reach the internet. What is the most likely cause?

A network engineer is planning a new subnet for a lab that will contain 30 devices. The engineer wants to minimize wasted addresses while ensuring the subnet can accommodate all devices. Which subnet mask should be chosen?

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