What happens if a machine with the address 192.168.1.1/24 sends a message to an IP address 192.168.1.4/24 that is not assigned to any machine in its network?

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What happens if a machine with the address  192.168.1.1/24  sends a message to an IP address  192.168.1.4/24  that is not assigned to any machine in its network?

Accepted Answer

The sending machine will not be able to obtain the MAC address of the destination machine and will never send the message

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By applying the mask, the sending machine will know that the destination IP address does not correspond to any machine in the network and reject the message

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The message will be sent and no machine will receive it

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