CompTIA Network+ (N10-008) — Question 663

A global company has acquired a local company. The companies are geographically separate. The IP address ranges for the two companies are as follows:

• Global company: 10.0.0.0/16
• Local company: 10.0.0.0/24

Which of the following can the network engineer do to quickly connect the two companies?

Answer options

• A. Assign static routing to advertise the local company's network
• B. Assign an overlapping IP address range to both companies.
• C. Assign a new IP address range to the local company.
• D. Assign a NAT range to the local company.

Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is C because assigning a new IP address range to the local company prevents IP address conflicts with the global company's range. Options A and B are incorrect as they would not resolve the overlapping IP address issue. Option D is not suitable since NAT does not address the root problem of overlapping IP addresses.