Free Palo Alto Networks Cybersecurity-Apprentice Actual Exam Questions - Question 9 Discussion
communicate directly with each other and instead route their traffic through the default gateway. What is
the most likely explanation for this behavior?
D, because a wrong mask can make devices think they’re on different networks.
B/D? If the switch is Layer 3, it might route all traffic through gateway; misconfigured mask also fits.
It’s B because if the switch is routing at Layer 3, it could prevent direct Layer 2 communication and force all traffic through the gateway, even within the same subnet. This isn’t typical but fits the problem description.
B imo, if the switch was doing Layer 3 routing, it might force traffic through the gateway instead of switching locally. That would explain why devices don’t talk directly within the subnet.
That’s a weird one, but I’m going with D since if the subnet mask is off, devices might think others aren’t local. Makes sense why they'd send traffic to the gateway then.