10.0.0.0 is a class X network with 20 subnets, and 40 new subnets are immediately required to accommodate the maximum number of host IDs per subnet. Which of the following subnet masks is assigned?
A company has a local area network (LAN) in its downtown office. It sets up another LAN in its manufacturing plant in the suburbs. Which of the following devices is used by employees to share data and resources between the two networks?
Eight stations are competing for the use of a shared channel using the Adaptive Tree Walk Protocol. If the stations 7 and 8 become ready at once, how many bit slots are needed to resolve the contention?