You are the network administrator for your company. The relevant portion of the network is shown in the exhibit.
All servers run Windows Server 2003. Each subnet of the network contains 100 Windows XP Professional computers. Each subnet also contains a DHCP server, which provides TCP/IP configuration information to all computers on its local subnet.
You create and configure Subnet3 for a new department at your company. Users in Subnet3 report that they cannot connect to resources located on servers in Subnet1 and Subnet2. When they attempt to connect to these resources, they receive the following error message “Server .” The users can successfully connect to resources located on servers in Subnet3.
Users in Subnet1 and Subnet2 report that they cannot connect to resources located on servers in Subnet3. When they attempt to connect to these resources, they receive the following error message “Server did not respond in a timely manner.” The users can successfully connect to resources in both Subnet1 and Subnet2.
You need to ensure that all client computers can connect to server-based resources on all subnets.
What should you do?
Exhibit:
A.
Configure the Router2 Interface E1 to use a subnet mask of 255.255.0.0.
B.
Configure the DHCP servers in Subnet1 and Subnet2 to provide a subnet mask of 255.255.0.0.
C.
Configure the DHCP server in Subnet3 to provide a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0.
D.
Configure the IP address of the Router2 Interface E1 as the default gateway for Subnet2.
E.
Configure the IP address of the Router2 Interface E0 as the default gateway for Subnet3.
Explanation:
With a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0, you can assign IP addresses ranging from 172.30.2.1 to 172.30.2.254 to your computers. This will ensure that users in Subnet1 and subnet2 can connect to resources that are located in subnet3.Reference:
Craig Zacker, MCSE Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-293): Planning and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure, Microsoft Press, Redmond, Washington, 2004, pp.
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