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Question by Ranjeet
Submitted on 6/4/2004
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Why the one device(Access Point or Switch) connected on the same subnet replies the ping request to 192.168.3.255 send by another host on the same subnet. The environment is as following IP/Subnet Mask 1. Connect one network Device(192.168.3.100/255.255.255.0) on hub. 2. Connect one PC (192.168.3.190) on same hub. 3. Now ping from PC to IP address 192.168.3.255 and capture the ethernet packets. The network device will response to PC ping request. Why it happens ? Please tell me is this Device problem or Device behavior ?

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