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Refer to the exhibit. How does router R1 handle traffic to the 172.16.1.4/30 subnet?
The correct answer is C. It load-balances traffic over 172.16.9.5 and 172.16.4.4.. Here we see that the route to 172.16.1.4/30 contains two equal cost paths to the destination, so both will be used and traffic will be load balanced across both of them.
Submitted by zhang_li· Mar 5, 2026
Question
Refer to the exhibit. How does router R1 handle traffic to the 172.16.1.4/30 subnet?
Exhibits
Options
- AIt sends all traffic over the path via 172.16.9.5 using 172.16.4.4 as a backup.
- BIt sends all traffic over the path via 10.0.1.100.
- CIt load-balances traffic over 172.16.9.5 and 172.16.4.4.
- DIt sends all traffic over the path via 172.16.4.4.
How the community answered
(30 responses)- A10% (3)
- B3% (1)
- C83% (25)
- D3% (1)
Explanation
Here we see that the route to 172.16.1.4/30 contains two equal cost paths to the destination, so both will be used and traffic will be load balanced across both of them.
Topics
#IP routing table#Packet forwarding#ECMP
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