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1. B. Because you will never exceed 14 hosts per subnet, the correct subnet mask is 255.255.255.240. Using the subnet mask of 255.255.255.224 would allow for 14 hosts, but is wasteful since it actually creates subnets containing room for 30 hosts, thus limiting future growth; thus Answer A is incorrect. Using the subnet mask of 255.255.255.248 would result in only 6 usable IP addresses per subnet, thus Answer C is incorrect. Using the subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 would result in no subnetting at all, thus Answer D is incorrect. For more information, see Chapter 1, “Configuring and Troubleshooting TCP/IP Addressing.”
2. A. Windows XP client computers interact directly with the DNS server to update ...
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