Routing Fundamentals

Question 1

Command: Show routing table

Answer 1

show ip route

Question 2

IPv4 Local Route Subnet Mask

Answer 2

/32

Question 3

Routers: 2 Main Functions

Answer 3

Determine the best path to available networks

Forward traffic to those networks

Question 4

Command: Configure interface FastEthernet0/0 with IP address 10.0.0.1/24

Answer 4

interface f0/0

ip address 10.0.0.1 255.255.255.0

Question 5

Command: Configure a static route to the 10.0.1.0/24 network with next hop address of 10.0.0.1

Answer 5

ip route 10.0.1.0 255.255.255.0 10.0.0.1

Question 6

Command: Configure a summary route for the 10.1.0.0/16 network with next hop of 10.0.0.2

Answer 6

ip route 10.1.0.0 255.255.0.0 10.0.0.2

Question 7

Longest Prefix Match

Answer 7

When there are overlapping routes, the longest prefix will be selected

Question 8

Route Load Balancing

Answer 8

When multiple equal length routes are added for the same destination, the router will add them all to the routing table & load balance between them

Question 9

Command: Configure default route with next hop address 203.0.113.2

Answer 9

ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 203.0.113.2