Which plane is used to enable routing on a network-connected device?

The correct answer is C. control. The control plane is responsible for building and maintaining routing tables and other network topology information. Routing protocols such as OSPF, EIGRP, and BGP operate on the control plane to determine the best paths for traffic. The data/forwarding plane actually moves packe

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Amanagement
Bdata
Ccontrol
Dforwarding

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Explanation

The control plane is responsible for building and maintaining routing tables and other network topology information. Routing protocols such as OSPF, EIGRP, and BGP operate on the control plane to determine the best paths for traffic. The data/forwarding plane actually moves packets based on those routing decisions, the management plane handles device administration, and 'forwarding' is essentially another name for the data plane - not a separate plane used for routing decisions.

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