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200-301 · Question #1009

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

200-301 question #1009 exhibit 1
200-301 question #1009 exhibit 2

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)
  • A
    10% (3)
  • B
    3% (1)
  • C
    83% (25)
  • D
    3% (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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