Show all work A host computer with an IP address of 17216291

Show all work. A host computer with an IP address of 172.16.29.155 using a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 pings a computer with an IP address of 172.16.29.83. What happens to the data packet? a. The packet is sent to the gateway. b. The packet is sent to the 255.255.255.0 subnet. c. The packet is sent out as a broadcast. d. The packet stays in the LAN. e. None of the above

Solution

It is said that the host computer of ip address 172.16.29.155 is using a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0
The range of ip addresses within the given subnet is 172.16.29.0 to 172.16.29.255.
So the ip address 172.16.29.83 also belongs to the same network and on the same local LAN.
Hence when the host computer pings an ip address belonging to te local LAN, the packet stays in the LAN.