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Refer to the exhibit. The default-information originate command is configured under the R1 OSPF configuration. After testing, workstations on VLAN 20 at Site B cannot reach a DNS server on the Interne

The correct answer is C. Configure the ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 10.10.10.18 command on R1.. For default-information originate to propagate a default route into OSPF, the originating router (R1) must have a default route (0.0.0.0/0) in its own routing table.

Submitted by marco_it· Mar 5, 2026IP Connectivity

Question

Refer to the exhibit. The default-information originate command is configured under the R1 OSPF configuration. After testing, workstations on VLAN 20 at Site B cannot reach a DNS server on the Internet. Which action corrects the configuration issue?

Exhibits

200-301 question #154 exhibit 1
200-301 question #154 exhibit 2

Options

  • AAdd the default-information originate command on R2.
  • BAdd the always keyword to the default-information originate command on R1.
  • CConfigure the ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 10.10.10.18 command on R1.
  • DConfigure the ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 10.10.10.2 command on R2.

How the community answered

(32 responses)
  • A
    25% (8)
  • B
    13% (4)
  • C
    56% (18)
  • D
    6% (2)

Why each option

For `default-information originate` to propagate a default route into OSPF, the originating router (R1) must have a default route (0.0.0.0/0) in its own routing table.

AAdd the default-information originate command on R2.

R2 is an internal router in the OSPF domain and does not directly connect to the Internet; adding `default-information originate` on R2 would not resolve the issue of R1 not having a default route to redistribute.

BAdd the always keyword to the default-information originate command on R1.

Adding the `always` keyword would force R1 to advertise a default route even if it doesn't have one, which would result in blackholing traffic because R1 wouldn't know how to reach the Internet itself.

CConfigure the ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 10.10.10.18 command on R1.Correct

The `default-information originate` command requires the router (R1) to have a default route in its own routing table to redistribute it into OSPF. Configuring `ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 10.10.10.18` on R1 provides this necessary default route, pointing towards the Internet via the next-hop 10.10.10.18.

DConfigure the ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 10.10.10.2 command on R2.

Configuring a default route on R2 pointing to 10.10.10.2 (R1) is unnecessary for R2 to learn a default route from R1 via OSPF, and it doesn't solve R1's inability to originate the default route.

Concept tested: OSPF default route origination prerequisites

Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/iproute_ospf/configuration/15-mt/iro-ospf-15-mt-book/iro-cfg-ospfv3.html#GUID-AE971165-42CE-4015-81E9-02688A6E2436

Topics

#OSPF default routes#Static routing#Network troubleshooting#Internet connectivity

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