Question

You are the Cisco administrator for your company. A new branch office is opening and

you are selecting the necessary hardware to support the network. There will be two
groups of computers, each organized by department. The Sales group computers will
be assigned IP addresses ranging from 192.168.1.2 to 192.168.1.50. The Accounting
group will be assigned IP addresses ranging from 10.0.0.2 to 10.0.0.50. What type of
device should you select to connect the two groups of computers so that data communication
can occur?

A. Hub
B. Switch
C. Router
D. Bridge

Answer 1

You should select Router to connect the two groups of computers so that data communication can occur.

Step-by-step explanation:

Routers are essential for the communication between two or more computers that are connected to a network. The primary function of routers is making connection between various networks and the data packets will be forwarded to the computers of same network of different networks.

It is a layer 3 device. This because the data that is contained in the layer 3 IP packet that contains the IP address of the destination to which the packet should be forwarded plays a very important role in making decisions related to the data packets forwarding. Thus a Router must be selected for connecting two groups of computer for data transfer and communication.