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200-301 · Question #228

Refer to the exhibit. Router R1 Fa0/0 cannot ping router R3 Fa0/1. Which action must be taken in router R1 to help resolve the configuration issue?

The correct answer is C. configure a static route with 10.10.10.2 as the next hop to reach the 20.20.20.0/24 network. To resolve the ping issue from R1 to R3's Fa0/1 interface on the 20.20.20.0/24 network, R1 needs a static route pointing to that network via the appropriate next-hop IP address.

Submitted by haruto_sh· Mar 5, 2026

Question

Refer to the exhibit. Router R1 Fa0/0 cannot ping router R3 Fa0/1. Which action must be taken in router R1 to help resolve the configuration issue?

Exhibits

200-301 question #228 exhibit 1
200-301 question #228 exhibit 2

Options

  • Aset the default gateway as 20.20.20.2
  • Bconfigure a static route with Fa0/1 as the egress interface to reach the 20.20.2.0/24 network
  • Cconfigure a static route with 10.10.10.2 as the next hop to reach the 20.20.20.0/24 network
  • Dset the default network as 20.20.20.0/24

How the community answered

(19 responses)
  • A
    32% (6)
  • B
    11% (2)
  • C
    42% (8)
  • D
    16% (3)

Why each option

To resolve the ping issue from R1 to R3's Fa0/1 interface on the 20.20.20.0/24 network, R1 needs a static route pointing to that network via the appropriate next-hop IP address.

Aset the default gateway as 20.20.20.2

Setting a default gateway is for devices or stub routers to reach any unknown network, not typically for a specific remote network when other routes might exist.

Bconfigure a static route with Fa0/1 as the egress interface to reach the 20.20.2.0/24 network

Configuring a static route with an egress interface only is valid, but the target network 20.20.2.0/24 differs from the 20.20.20.0/24 network implied by the correct answer.

Cconfigure a static route with 10.10.10.2 as the next hop to reach the 20.20.20.0/24 networkCorrect

For Router R1 to reach the remote network 20.20.20.0/24 where R3 Fa0/1 resides, a static route must be configured. This route should specify 10.10.10.2 as the next-hop IP address, which is presumably the IP address of an adjacent router directly reachable from R1.

Dset the default network as 20.20.20.0/24

The `default network` command is an outdated method for establishing a default route for classful networks and is not the preferred or most precise way to route to a specific remote subnet.

Concept tested: Static route configuration

Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/iproute_static/configuration/15-mt/irs-15-mt-book/irs-static-cli-overview.html

Topics

#Static routing#IP routing#Network troubleshooting#Cisco IOS

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