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Which two steps must you perform to enable router-on-a-stick on a switch? (Choose two.)

The correct answer is B. Connect the Router to a trunk port. E. Assign the access port to a VLAN. To enable router-on-a-stick on a switch, you must configure the port connected to the router as a trunk and assign access ports to VLANs.

Submitted by parkjh· Mar 5, 2026Network Access

Question

Which two steps must you perform to enable router-on-a-stick on a switch? (Choose two.)

Options

  • AConfigure an IP route to the VLAN destination network.
  • BConnect the Router to a trunk port.
  • CConfigure full duplex.
  • DConfigure the subinterface number exactly the same as the matching VLAN.
  • EAssign the access port to a VLAN.

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  • C
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  • D
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Why each option

To enable router-on-a-stick on a switch, you must configure the port connected to the router as a trunk and assign access ports to VLANs.

AConfigure an IP route to the VLAN destination network.

Configuring an IP route to the VLAN destination network is performed on the router, not on the switch, to enable inter-VLAN routing.

BConnect the Router to a trunk port.Correct

The switch port connected to the router must be configured as a trunk port to allow it to carry traffic for multiple VLANs over a single physical link to the router's subinterfaces.

CConfigure full duplex.

Configuring full duplex is a general interface setting for optimizing communication and is not a specific step required to enable router-on-a-stick functionality.

DConfigure the subinterface number exactly the same as the matching VLAN.

Configuring the subinterface number to match the VLAN is a configuration step performed on the router, not on the switch.

EAssign the access port to a VLAN.Correct

Access ports on the switch must be assigned to specific VLANs to segment network traffic, which then allows the router-on-a-stick to perform inter-VLAN routing between these segments.

Concept tested: Configuring switch for router-on-a-stick

Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/lan-switching/inter-vlan-routing/41606-180.html

Topics

#Router-on-a-stick#VLAN configuration#Switch trunking

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