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You are designing a network using multipoint GRE tunnels and need to be able to detect when connectivity between the GRE tunnel endpoints is broken. Which statement is true about configuring…
The correct answer is D. GRE tunnel keepalives will not detect when connectivity is broken between the GRE tunnel endpoints. GRE keepalives are a point-to-point mechanism and are not functional on multipoint GRE tunnels, meaning they cannot detect connectivity failures between mGRE endpoints.
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You are designing a network using multipoint GRE tunnels and need to be able to detect when connectivity between the GRE tunnel endpoints is broken. Which statement is true about configuring keepalives for multipoint GRE tunnels?
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- AThe keepalive timer values on the routers must have the same value.
- BBoth routers must support GRE tunnel keepalives.
- CNo configuration is required to detect when connectivity is broken between the GRE tunnel endpoints.
- DGRE tunnel keepalives will not detect when connectivity is broken between the GRE tunnel endpoints.
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- B5% (1)
- C5% (1)
- D82% (18)
Why each option
GRE keepalives are a point-to-point mechanism and are not functional on multipoint GRE tunnels, meaning they cannot detect connectivity failures between mGRE endpoints.
Timer value matching is a requirement for point-to-point GRE keepalives only; the fundamental problem with mGRE is that keepalives are unsupported entirely, not a configuration mismatch.
Mutual keepalive support is relevant for point-to-point GRE tunnels, not mGRE, where the feature does not function regardless of both routers supporting it.
There is no configuration option that enables keepalive-based failure detection on mGRE tunnels; the technology itself does not support the mechanism.
Multipoint GRE tunnels have no fixed single remote endpoint, so the keepalive mechanism - which works by sending packets to a specific destination and expecting a reply - is architecturally incompatible with mGRE; failure detection in mGRE environments must rely on NHRP or routing protocol hello/dead timers instead.
Concept tested: Multipoint GRE tunnel keepalive limitations
Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/ip/generic-routing-encapsulation-gre/118370-technote-gre-00.html
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