within a broadcast area.All of the systems in the broadcast area get this request and
the system with the requested IP address responds with a unicast message that speci-
fies it has the IP address of 192.168.1.25 and also provides its MAC address.
Because almost everyone uses a computer today,a typical company can contain
at least twenty computers or more.There are many ways to connect computers
together.If you have just two systems,you can connect them with just a crossover
Ethernet cable.A crossover cable is an Ethernet cable that allows two systems to
directly connect to each other.If you have two to four computers,you could use a
hub or br ...
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