Examine the static route configuration shown below; then answer the question following it. config router static edit 1 set dst 172.20.1.0 255.255.255.0 set device port1 set gateway 172.11.12.1 set…

Traffic will only be dropped by the blackhole route (route 2) if route 1 is not active (e.g., if `port1` is down); otherwise, traffic is routed via route 1.

FortiGate routing prioritizes routes with an associated up interface over blackhole routes, even if the blackhole has a lower administrative distance. Therefore, as long as `port1` is up, route 1 (with destination `172.20.1.0/24` via `port1`) will be used. If `port1` goes down, route 1 becomes inactive, and route 2 (the blackhole) would then become the active route.

When a blackhole route (`set blackhole enable`) is used, the FortiGate silently discards traffic destined for that network. Since the traffic is immediately dropped and not forwarded or processed further, no session entry is created in the session table.

Traffic routed via a blackhole route is silently discarded, and the FortiGate does not create a session entry for such discarded traffic to conserve resources.

The FortiGate will select a single best route based on its routing table logic (administrative distance, metric, interface status); it does not share traffic between two static routes for the same destination in this manner.