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 can 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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1. 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 can 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?