a. Explain what might happen if two stations are accidentally assigned the same hardware address?

Question

a. Explain what might happen if two stations are accidentally assigned the same hardware address

Answer 1

if to stations have same IP address then neither would be able to access Internet, as each most have their own IP address to be able to access Internet or they will be bumped off Internet.
Kinda like to Bulls trying to go though the same gate at the same time and only one can fit. so they wind up hitting head on.

Answer 2

If you are talking about harware address, then I am assuming you are talking about MAC address. MAC addresses are configured by the hardware manufacturers in the network cards, and no two network cards have the same MAC address around the world. But if you are talking about logical address i.e. IP address, then no two same IP addresses can exist on the same network, that will generate conflict and none of the machine will be able to access the network. I hope this will help.

Rajat

Answer 3

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