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3. (a) When the beacon interval of a Wi-Fi access point, i.e., the frequency of broadcasting, is too long, briefly describe the consequence. (3 marks) (b) (c) (d) Give the subnet mask for dividing Network 159.128.0.0 into 126 equal-size subnets. (5 marks) For Network 10.0.0.0 and a given subnet mask 255.240.0.0, provide the feasible IP address range in the 5th subnet. (6 marks) Continue from question 3(c), do IP addresses 10.208.200.1 and 10.224.240.2 belong to the same subnet? Justify your answer. (6 marks)