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200-301 · Question #1017

Refer to the exhibit. Router R14 is in the process of being configured. Which configuration must be used to establish a host route to a PC 10?

The correct answer is B. ip route 10.80.65.10 255.255.255.255 10.73.65.66. To establish a host route for PC 10 (10.80.65.10) on R14, a static route with a /32 subnet mask (255.255.255.255) pointing to the next-hop IP address of 10.73.65.66 must be configured.

Submitted by saadiq_pk· Mar 5, 2026

Question

Refer to the exhibit. Router R14 is in the process of being configured. Which configuration must be used to establish a host route to a PC 10?

Exhibits

200-301 question #1017 exhibit 1
200-301 question #1017 exhibit 2

Options

  • Aip route 10.80.65.10 255.255.255.254 10.80.65.1
  • Bip route 10.80.65.10 255.255.255.255 10.73.65.66
  • Cip route 1073.65.65 255.0.0.0 10.80.65.10
  • Dip route 10.73.65.66 0.0.0.255 10.80.65.10

How the community answered

(26 responses)
  • A
    4% (1)
  • B
    81% (21)
  • C
    12% (3)
  • D
    4% (1)

Why each option

To establish a host route for PC 10 (10.80.65.10) on R14, a static route with a /32 subnet mask (255.255.255.255) pointing to the next-hop IP address of 10.73.65.66 must be configured.

Aip route 10.80.65.10 255.255.255.254 10.80.65.1

A subnet mask of 255.255.255.254 (/31) is used for point-to-point links and does not define a host route for a single PC; additionally, 10.80.65.1 is not indicated as a valid next-hop from R14 to reach 10.80.65.10.

Bip route 10.80.65.10 255.255.255.255 10.73.65.66Correct

A host route is a specific route to a single IP address, achieved by using a subnet mask of 255.255.255.255 (/32); the command `ip route 10.80.65.10 255.255.255.255 10.73.65.66` correctly defines this route with 10.73.65.66 as the valid next-hop from R14.

Cip route 1073.65.65 255.0.0.0 10.80.65.10

The destination IP address (1073.65.65) is incorrectly formatted and does not match PC 10's IP (10.80.65.10); the subnet mask (255.0.0.0) is for a /8 network, not a host route, and the next-hop is the destination itself, which is incorrect.

Dip route 10.73.65.66 0.0.0.255 10.80.65.10

The destination IP address (10.73.65.66) is an interface IP on R14's neighbor, not PC 10's IP; the subnet mask (0.0.0.255) is an inverse mask, not a standard subnet mask for defining a host route, and the next-hop is the destination itself.

Concept tested: Cisco IOS static host route configuration

Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios/iproute/configuration/guide/irg_statc.html

Topics

#Static routing#Host route#Cisco IOS routing

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