Exam N10-007 topic 1 question 4 discussion

I though the answer was D, but i went and tested the answer in a lab enviroment, and yes it's A. Remember that LAN traffic uses MAC addresses, so as long as both the router and the PC are in the same network, they will both communicate. This scenario represents a problem in which TCP/IP configuration is done manually in which errors like configuring the default gateway as 192.168.0.11 instead of 192.168.0.1 can happen. If you ping the Router from the PC, you will get connectivity, but when the PC wants to communicate outside the LAN, there will be no communication because of the wrong default gateway. This is a tricky one

If the technician can ping the workstation from the accounting department's router (and there is no mention of the staff person having difficulties connecting to accounting resources), we can assume the workstation is in the correct VLAN. The only other answer that makes sense is an incorrect default gateway - likely due to manual misconfiguration (they make no mention of using DHCP, so manual entry errors should be considered). A makes sense - it's just a poorly worded question to make you think it through.

I got to admit, no regular user would use a command prompt to test why the internet isn't working, the user tried to access the internet, and because of wrong Default Gateway, they couldn't

The fact that he can ping from the accounting department eliminates improper VLAN . So it is A

Option D is the right answer

When a host needs to send a message to another host located on the same network, it can forward the message directly. However, when a host needs to send a message to a remote network, it must use the router, also known as the default gateway. This is because the data link frame address of the remote destination host cannot be used directly. Instead, the IP packet has to be sent to the router (default gateway) and the router will forward the packet toward its destination. Therefore, if the default gateway is incorrectly configured, the host can communicate with other hosts on the same network, but not with hosts on remote networks.

This question needs more detail. Is it dynamic or static IP? It isn't giving enough info.

The correct answer should be D. Improper VLAN assignment, am I missing something here?

Answer should be D. Improper VLAN assignment because if no other users are having a problem getting to the internet then the issue would not be the default gateway because then all users would have a problem.