Written Lab 6

Write the answers to the following questions:

1. At the appropriate command prompt, create a static route to network 172.16.10.0/24 with a next-hop gateway of 172.16.20.1 and an administrative distance of 150.
2. When a PC sends a packet to another PC in a remote network, what destination IP address and MAC address will be in the frame that it sends to its default gateway?
3. At the appropriate command prompt, create a default route to 172.16.40.1.
4. If you are using default routing in a classless environment, what command must also be used?
5. On which type of network is a default route most beneficial?
6. At the appropriate command prompt, display the routing table on your router.
7. When creating a static or default route, you don't have to use the next-hop IP address; you can use the ___________________.
8. True/False: To reach a destination host, you must know the MAC address of the remote host.
9. True/False: To reach a destination host, you must know the IP address of the remote host.
10. At the appropriate command prompt, execute the command required on a DCE serial interface that is not required on a DTE serial interface.
11. At the appropriate command prompt(s), enable RIP routing on the interface with the IP address 10.0.0.1/24.
12. At the appropriate command prompt(s), prevent a router from propagating RIP information out serial 1.
13. What routing loop prevention mechanism sends out a maximum hop count as soon as a link fails?
14. What routing loop prevention mechanism suppresses the resending of routing information to an interface through which it was received?
15. At the appropriate command prompt, display RIP routing updates as they are sent and received on the router to the console session.

    (The answers to Written Lab 6 can be found in Appendix A.)