NETWORK LAYER
INTRODUCTION
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Question
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A one-to-all communication between one source and all hosts on a network is classified as
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Unicast
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Multicast
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Broadcast
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -One to one communication: Information is exchanged between one source and one receiver. Example-Telephone, mobile phone, telegraph and postal service.
Detailed explanation-2: -IP Multicast enables one-to-many communication at the network layer. A source sends a packet destined for a group of other hosts and the intermediate routers take care of replicating the packet as necessary.
Detailed explanation-3: -For the communication to be succesfull, the TCP/IP adapter settings of PC1 and PC2 should be configured with the corresponding gateway addresses. The gateway addresses are required, since, communication is to be achieved between devices on two different networks.
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