- Mar 7, 2004
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Hello,
If you have a network of say two laptops and a router, with the laptops having an IP address of
laptop 1 192.168.0.1
laptop 2 192.168.0.2
and the router having an IP address of
192.168.0.3
the two laptops and the router are wifi enabled.
now if laptop 1 wants to communicate with laptop 2, then would it communicate through the router. or once the ip addresses have been assigned by the router through DHCP, all communication need not take place through the router.
i mean if the ip packet has the header 192.168.0.2(packet meant for laptop 2), laptop 2 would receive that anyway, does the router need to lay a role in "routing" the packet?
If you have a network of say two laptops and a router, with the laptops having an IP address of
laptop 1 192.168.0.1
laptop 2 192.168.0.2
and the router having an IP address of
192.168.0.3
the two laptops and the router are wifi enabled.
now if laptop 1 wants to communicate with laptop 2, then would it communicate through the router. or once the ip addresses have been assigned by the router through DHCP, all communication need not take place through the router.
i mean if the ip packet has the header 192.168.0.2(packet meant for laptop 2), laptop 2 would receive that anyway, does the router need to lay a role in "routing" the packet?