You have a small network at home that is connected to the internet. On your home network, you have a server with the IP address of 192.168.55.199/16. All computers on your home network can connect to the internet. From your work office, you try to access your home computer using its IP address, but are unable to communicate with the server. You are able to connect to other hosts on the internet. Why can't you access the server?

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Lyric Cannon

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You have a small network at home that is connected to the internet. On your home network, you have a server with the IP address of 192.168.55.199/16. All computers on your home network can connect to the internet. From your work office, you try to access your home computer using its IP address, but are unable to communicate with the server. You are able to connect to other hosts on the internet. Why can't you access the server?

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Haylie Ibarra · Answer 1

The answer is "private Ip addresses were not be accessed over the Network".

Explanation:

Private network addresses were not distributed on the web and also no data from either the network will be sent to them, it only was intended to operate inside of the home network.

It includes the appropriate subnet the IP addresses. This network also enables you to link to many other sites. This network will use its IP address to access the home device, but it can not interact with the network.