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Which of the following is another description of a default gateway?
The correct answer is C. The route of last resort. A default gateway is the router IP address that a host sends traffic to when it has no specific route to the destination network. It is called the 'route of last resort' because it is only used after no other specific route in the routing table matches the destination. The DNS…
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Which of the following is another description of a default gateway?
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- AThe DNS server
- BThe inverse subnet mask
- CThe route of last resort
- DThe subnet network address
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(24 responses)- B4% (1)
- C92% (22)
- D4% (1)
Explanation
A default gateway is the router IP address that a host sends traffic to when it has no specific route to the destination network. It is called the 'route of last resort' because it is only used after no other specific route in the routing table matches the destination. The DNS server resolves hostnames to IP addresses and is unrelated to routing. An inverse subnet mask (wildcard mask) is used in ACL configurations, not to describe a gateway. The subnet network address is the identifier for a network segment, not a routing concept.
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