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to examining how this occurs, one will probably want to understand the

rationale for doing this. Thus, let us assume an organization originally operated

a 10BASE-5 network with 100 users and wants to construct a distributed

network within a building that will consist of 350 workstations and server.

Further assume that the organization’s previously installed 10BASE-5 coaxial-

based backbone will be used by adding 10BASE-T hubs to the backbone,

with a single router providing a connection to the Internet.

If the organization previously obtained a Class C address when it operated

a 10BASE-5 network, adding 250 ...