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Q&A 173
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List two protocols that can be used to enact classless routing.
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What is meant by the sentence: "The router always looks for the longest match"?
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How is multicast traffic handled across the Internet?
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What applications require the use of multicasting?
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Scenario 1
To help design the optimum solution and address the issues presented in each chapter, you have
contracted with the design professionals at RouteitRight to help you.
RouteitRight's key personnel are as follows:
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Billy Broadcast
Chief Information Officer (CIO)
Megg A. Bight
Senior Telecommunications Engineer
Peter Packett
Director of Sales
Freddy Forklift
Information Systems Manager
Harry Helpnot
Help Desk Manager
Millie Sekkons
Network Specialist
Roddy Routebegone
In discussions with Isaiah P. Freely, CEO and founder of Blue River Enterprises, Megg
determined that Blue River needs to update its IP addressing scheme to comply with its recent
merger with Yellow Stream. Blue River was granted an IP network of 183.100.0.0 from the
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority. When the network administrator created the original
addressing plan, no one envisioned that the company would need connectivity on a nationwide
network. With the merger, Blue River is currently in 37 states. Blue River would like the
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