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thanks doods =P quite helpful
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Pleasure :)<br />
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Chris
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Hi Guys,<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; I'm wondering if two computers on the same subnet can still communicate directly with each other, ie not through a router, if one has its subnet mask configured incorrectly, for example if the subnet of computer A is correctly 255.255.224.0 and the subnet of computer B is 255.255.0.0. <br />
Yeh, i know that normally computers on different subnets have to go through a router or the default gateway but what if the subnet was configured like above?<br />
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Cheers,<br />
phram3z
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Hi Guys,
    I'm wondering if two computers on the same subnet can still communicate directly with each other, ie not through a router, if one has its subnet mask configured incorrectly, for example if the subnet of computer A is correctly 255.255.224.0 and the subnet of computer B is 255.255.0.0. 
Yeh, i know that normally computers on different subnets have to go through a router or the default gateway but what if the subnet was configured like above?

Cheers,
phram3z

Same subnet, different subnet mask, direct communication?

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