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200-301 CCNA practice questions: IP Connectivity
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1/5 · IP Connectivity · easy
Traffic to one single server, 198.51.100.77, has to be steered through a security appliance at 10.4.4.2, while every other destination keeps following the existing routes. Which command creates a route that matches only that one address?
Aip route 198.51.100.77 255.255.255.252 10.4.4.2
Bip route 198.51.100.0 255.255.255.0 10.4.4.2
Cip route 198.51.100.77 255.255.255.255 10.4.4.2
Dip route 198.51.100.77 0.0.0.0 10.4.4.2
Answer: C. Topic 3.3.c. A host route uses a full 32-bit mask, 255.255.255.255, so only the exact address matches. Because forwarding prefers the longest matching prefix, a /32 entry always wins over the /24, the /16 or the default route that also cover the address, which is what makes host routes the standard way to steer traffic for one server or to blackhole one address by pointing it at Null0. The same mechanism produces the L entries a router creates for its own interface addresses.
Source: Cisco 200-301 CCNA v1.1 Exam Topics - Section 3: IP Connectivity
2/5 · IP Connectivity
R4 receives advertisements for exactly the same prefix, 10.10.10.0/24, from three sources at the same time: a RIP neighbor, an OSPF neighbor, and an EIGRP neighbor that advertises it as an external route. All three paths are usable and all protocols run with default settings. Which route does R4 install in the routing table?
AThe OSPF route, at an administrative distance of 110
BThe EIGRP route, at an administrative distance of 90
CThe RIP route, at an administrative distance of 120
DThree routes at once, each held under its own protocol code
Answer: A. Topic 3.2.b. Cisco publishes one default administrative distance per source of routing information, and the three in play here are OSPF at 110, RIP at 120 and external EIGRP at 170. The same table separates internal EIGRP at 90 from external EIGRP at 170, which is the trap in this item: a prefix that was redistributed into EIGRP is advertised as external and is not trusted at the internal level. When several protocols offer the same prefix at the same moment, the router ranks the sources by that value, installs the route from the most trusted one and leaves the prefix with the other two inside their own protocol databases, where it reappears in the table if the winning source goes away. The metrics never enter this comparison: a RIP hop count, an OSPF cost and an EIGRP composite metric come from unrelated formulas and mean something only inside their own protocol.
Source: Cisco 200-301 CCNA v1.1 Exam Topics - Section 3: IP Connectivity
3/5 · IP Connectivity
Two routers provide the default gateway for a user VLAN with HSRP group 1 and a virtual IP address that every host uses. R1 is configured with standby 1 priority 110 and R2 keeps the default priority. After a power event both routers reload, R2 comes up first and becomes active, and R1 finishes booting two minutes later. R1 stays in the standby state, and the operations team expected it to take the active role back. Which statement explains the result?
AR1 lost the election when R2 came up first, and priorities are compared at the first election.
BR1 needs the same virtual IP address configured twice, once per group, before its priority counts.
CPreemption is not enabled by default, and a higher priority does not take the active role from a holder.
DA priority of 110 is below the default of 120, and R2 therefore outranks R1 on this group.
Answer: C. Topic 3.5. A first hop redundancy protocol lets several routers share one virtual IP address (and, for HSRP version 1, a virtual MAC address of the form 0000.0C07.ACxx where xx is the group number), so hosts keep one default gateway while the routers decide which of them forwards. Cisco documents the HSRP default priority as 100 and states that if you do not use the standby preempt interface configuration command in the configuration for a router, that router will not become the active router even if its priority is higher. Adding standby 1 preempt on R1 is the change that makes the higher priority take effect after a reload.
Source: Cisco 200-301 CCNA v1.1 Exam Topics - Section 3: IP Connectivity
4/5 · IP Connectivity · hard
Two routers serve a user VLAN and are configured as follows, and no other VRRP command is entered on either of them:
R1:
interface GigabitEthernet0/0
ip address 10.1.1.1 255.255.255.0
vrrp 1 ip 10.1.1.1
R2:
interface GigabitEthernet0/0
ip address 10.1.1.2 255.255.255.0
vrrp 1 ip 10.1.1.1
Which priority does R1 use for group 1?
A100
B255
C254
D110
Answer: B. Topic 3.5. Cisco's First Hop Redundancy Protocols configuration guide for IOS, the chapter that matches this syntax, states that if a VRRP router owns the IP address of the virtual router and the IP address of the physical interface, this router will function as a virtual router master, and that if a VRRP group is the IP address owner, its priority is fixed at 255 and cannot be reduced through object tracking. It also gives the surrounding numbers: the default priority value for backups is 100, and the configurable range runs from 1 to 254. RFC 5798 says the same in its own terms: a priority value of 255 designates a particular router as the IPvX address owner, routers with priority 255 will preempt all lower-priority routers as soon as they start up, and no more than one router on the link is to be configured this way. The habit this item breaks is the HSRP one of giving the group a spare address that belongs to neither router; VRRP allows the group address to be a router's own interface address, and that router then runs at 255 without any priority command.
Source: Cisco 200-301 CCNA v1.1 Exam Topics - Section 3: IP Connectivity
5/5 · IP Connectivity
R1 carries a /64 global address on GigabitEthernet0/0 and another on GigabitEthernet0/1, and both interfaces are up and up. Hosts on each segment hold addresses in the matching prefix and reach the interface on their own side. Traffic between the two segments fails in both directions, while pings sourced from R1 to hosts on either side succeed. The configuration holds no access list. What is missing?
AThe command ipv6 unicast-routing has not been entered on the router
BA static route is missing for each of the two connected prefixes
CThe interfaces need ipv6 enable before they hold a link-local address
DThe command ipv6 cef is absent, so transit packets are punted and then dropped
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