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200-301 · Question #605

Refer to the exhibit. Router R1 currently is configured to use R3 as the primary route to the Internet, and the route uses the default administrative distance settings. A network engineer must configu

The correct answer is D. ip route 0,0.0.0 0.0.0.0 g0/1 6. The default administrative distance for a static route is 1, so we need to specify a backup route with a higher AD, in this case the value of 6.

Submitted by zhang_li· Mar 5, 2026IP Connectivity

Question

Refer to the exhibit. Router R1 currently is configured to use R3 as the primary route to the Internet, and the route uses the default administrative distance settings. A network engineer must configure R1 so that it uses R2 as a backup, but only if R3 goes down. Which command must the engineer configure on R1 so that it correctly uses R2 as a backup route, without changing the administrative distance configuration on the link to R3?

Exhibits

200-301 question #605 exhibit 1
200-301 question #605 exhibit 2

Options

  • Aip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 g0/1 1
  • Bip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 209.165.201.5 10
  • Cip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 209.165.200.226 1
  • Dip route 0,0.0.0 0.0.0.0 g0/1 6

How the community answered

(66 responses)
  • A
    11% (7)
  • B
    3% (2)
  • C
    6% (4)
  • D
    80% (53)

Explanation

The default administrative distance for a static route is 1, so we need to specify a backup route with a higher AD, in this case the value of 6.

Topics

#Static routing#Administrative distance#Default route

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