A small office has a single router with four LAN ports. The network uses the 192.168.1.0/24 subnet, and the router's LAN IP is 192.168.1.1. A technician needs to add a new printer that must have a static IP address outside the DHCP range (192.168.1.100-192.168.1.200) but still be reachable by all devices. Which IP address should the technician assign to the printer?
Trap 1: 192.168.1.150
This address is inside the DHCP range (100-200), so it could be assigned by DHCP to another device, causing a conflict.
Trap 2: 10.0.0.50
This is a different subnet (10.0.0.0/24) and would not be reachable from the 192.168.1.x network without routing.
Trap 3: 192.168.2.50
This address is on a different subnet (192.168.2.0/24) and would require a router to communicate with devices on 192.168.1.x.
- A
192.168.1.150
Why wrong: This address is inside the DHCP range (100-200), so it could be assigned by DHCP to another device, causing a conflict.
- B
192.168.1.50
This address is within the subnet (1-254) but outside the DHCP pool (100-200), making it a safe static assignment.
- C
10.0.0.50
Why wrong: This is a different subnet (10.0.0.0/24) and would not be reachable from the 192.168.1.x network without routing.
- D
192.168.2.50
Why wrong: This address is on a different subnet (192.168.2.0/24) and would require a router to communicate with devices on 192.168.1.x.