According to the Lab, "The ping fails because the IP address assigned to the switch is not on the same subnet as the IP address assigned to the workstation. Even though they are on the same network segment, the IP addresses are not on the same subnet."
If that's the case why can I ping 8.8.8.8 (Google Server) from my PC? I know the Google server is not on my subnet.
Basically, why is the same process taking place, but with different results?