0 0 votes I a router id connected to 5 links then how many IP and MAC addresses should it have ?? The answer given is 5IP and 5MAC?? Would it not be 6 IP and 6MAC? Computer Networks + – DIYA BASU 675 views answer comment Share Follow Print See all 4 Comments 4 4 Comments reply prashant jha 1 commented Jan 27, 2019 reply Follow flag why 6IP and 6MAC? 0 0 replyShare Somoshree Datta 5 commented Jan 27, 2019 reply Follow flag prashant jha 1 there should be 5 IP addresses since there are 5 interfaces of the router and each interface gets an IP. But should MAC addresses also be different for each interface? Isnt MAC address dependent on the NIC of the router? Answer is 5 MAC address because each interface will be connected to a different NIC? Is this the reason? 0 0 replyShare prashant jha 1 commented Jan 27, 2019 reply Follow flag There will be MAC for each physical interface 0 0 replyShare DIYA BASU commented Jan 27, 2019 reply Follow flag @prashant jha 1 Won't the router have its own IP(1)and MAC (1)address along with the IPs(5) and MACs(5) for all the interfaces?Thats how I got 6IP and 6MACs. When we say that the IP address of a router (which has 5 interface) is A then do we say it with reference to a particular interface? 0 0 replyShare Please log in or register to add a comment.
