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A PC with IP address "172.16.0.1" and another PC with IP address "192.168.0.1" can they communicate with each other using only one switch?

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Question added by Eslam Tawfig Mohamed Tawfig , Operations Assistant , Bank Of Khartoum
Date Posted: 2017/02/27
Leonel Perez Olivares
by Leonel Perez Olivares , Senior Network Engineer , Altran Technologies

If those computers are connected to a L3 switch with ip routing active, yes they can communicate to each other.  Otherwise no, they can not.

Muhammad Ishfaq
by Muhammad Ishfaq , IT Assistant Manager , Islam Medical & Dental College

this communication possible if there is layer 3 switch inserted between two pc,s. both pc,s ip address belong to different classes so they couldn,t communicate each other without layer three. these pc can communicate each other if their net mask is 127.0.0.0 by using any switch 

Nabil Rageh
by Nabil Rageh , Technical Support Manager , DenTech for communication and Information Technology

They are connected physically, it remains to configure technically by adjusting settings such as making them at the same network mask or use a Static Route or connecting using any method else.

 

Muhammad Umar Adeel
by Muhammad Umar Adeel , Senior System Administrator , Knowledge Platform

it is possible if switch is Layer 3, but not possible at Layer 2 Switch

Medhanie Debesay
by Medhanie Debesay , Technical support , Khartoum college for applied studies

cannot communicate exch other

Ed Williams
by Ed Williams , SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR | HELP DESK , McWILLIAMS WINES AUSTRALIA

Yes,  these to sub-nets can communicate with each other providing that you configure a "Static Route" between the two networks. The two networks have to "know" that the other network exist and its proper Gateway for data input and output. There are multiple ways to get these two networks to communicate: 1) Static Routes on each Computer  2) Common Gateway interface  3) NAT via Router 4) Manual Static Route on the switch  5) Static ARP Table entries. 6) manual HOST File configuration on the local computers

Gashaw Getaneh
by Gashaw Getaneh , IT Officer , UNWFP

The two computers are indiffernet network, so that to communicate two differenet network we need a routing device. Either router or Layer 3 (L3) Switch. if the switch is Layer 3 it will do inter-VLAN and the two pc can communicate.

Yasiru Subhashana
by Yasiru Subhashana , System Engineer , KBSL

yes,possible if it is a layer 3 switch.

Mohammad Shuman
by Mohammad Shuman , IT System and Network Support Engineer , LibancallPlus

No they simply cant because they are logically on different subnet although they are on same switch 

hakim hararwala
by hakim hararwala , Network Engineer , Landmark Group Central Market Co

If it is HWB than they can't communicate but if it is layer 3 switch than we can communicate

Mohammad Al Shaikh
by Mohammad Al Shaikh , IT Security Engineer , Ebttikar

Yes they can if the swich has Layer 3 Routing capablity.

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