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Router Discovery Path
Trace how a local router address stays on-link, resolves a MAC address, and reaches the admin interface
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Browser
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Routing Table
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Subnet Math
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ARP Cache
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Ethernet Frame
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Switch
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Router (192.168.1.1)
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Admin Panel
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Complete
Step 1 / 9Browser opens a direct IP connection
You enter 192.168.1.1 in the browser. Because the host is already an IP address, the browser skips DNS and asks the OS to open a TCP connection to 192.168.1.1:80.
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