COMPUTER NETWORKING

NETWORK LAYER

UNICAST ROUTING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
what sends to all hosts on a specific network
A
A limited broadcast
B
Unicast
C
Directed broadcast
D
Multicast
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Broadcast traffic is used to send packets to all hosts in the network using the broadcast address for the network. With a broadcast, the packet contains a destination IP address with all ones (1s) in the host portion.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Local Broadcast IP address is 255.255. Whatever IP network a particular host is on, that host can always use this IP address to send a packet to every node on the Local Network.

Detailed explanation-3: -In any network, when we need to send data to a host device connected to the network, a router uses a broadcast address. Additionally, every network has one unique broadcast address. The process of sending data to every device or node connected to a network is known as broadcasting.

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