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A technician is setting up wired workstations in a newly added conference room. The main office router has only one available LAN port remaining, but five Ethernet-capable workstations in the room need to connect to the local network. Which of the following hardware devices should the technician connect to the router's LAN port to expand the available wired port capacity?

  1. An Ethernet switchAnswer
  2. B
    A Layer 3 router
  3. C
    A DHCP server
  4. D
    An APIPA host

Answer

An Ethernet switch is used to add physical network ports and connect multiple local wired devices to a network.
An Ethernet switch acts as a central connection point for wired devices on a local area network (LAN). Connecting a switch to the router's single available LAN port expands the total number of physical ports, allowing all conference room workstations to communicate across the network.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the physical network expansion requirement
Multiple wired devices need physical Ethernet connections, but only one port is available on the main gateway router.
Expanding physical wired connectivity within the same subnet requires a multiport Layer 2 connectivity device.
2
Select the appropriate network hardware device
Connecting an Ethernet switch to the router's single LAN port creates multiple available ports for the workstations.
Switches forward frames between connected devices on the same local area network segment without introducing unnecessary routing boundaries.

Key Concept

Network Hardware Devices - Ethernet Switch Functions
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