You are the network administrator for a company that uses a private addressing scheme for its internal network. You have 300 workstations that regularly access the Internet. What process must be in operation on your network to allow all the workstations to have access to the Internet using only one public IP address?
A) DHCP
B) DNS
C) ARP
D) PAT

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PAT (Port Address Translation) is a process that allows multiple devices on a private network to share a single public IP address when connecting to the Internet. It works by assigning unique source port numbers to each device, which are used in combination with the public IP address to identify and route traffic to the correct device. DHCP, DNS, and ARP are all important network protocols, but they do not directly address the issue of sharing a single public IP address among multiple devices.

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