# Lab 1: Trace the Request

## What I practiced

In this lab, I worked with a simple virtual Linux network and used networking tools to examine:

- name resolution,
- route selection,
- next-hop addressing,
- outgoing interface and source addressing,
- and neighbor information.

## Request trace

In one or two sentences, explain how the client moves from `web.minicorp.test` to its next-hop device.

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## Key takeaway

Explain why the client needs both an IP address and a link-layer address when sending traffic to the next hop.

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