A network administrator configures a pair of routers using a First Hop Redundancy Protocol (FHRP) to ensure high availability for a subnet. During scheduled maintenance on the primary router, the secondary router successfully assumes the active role according to the system logs. However, workstations on the subnet immediately lose access to external networks. Which of the following is the most likely cause of this connectivity failure?
- Workstations were configured with the physical IP address of the primary router as their default gateway instead of the shared virtual IP address.Cevap
- BThe secondary router was configured with a higher Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) priority value, causing the switch port to block traffic.
- CThe hosts were assigned APIPA addresses because the secondary router failed to forward DHCP relay requests during failover.
- DThe primary router was configured with an implicit deny rule in its ACL that blocked preemptive virtual MAC address generation.
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Workstations were configured with the physical IP address of the primary router as their default gateway instead of the shared virtual IP address.
First Hop Redundancy Protocols rely on clients directing default gateway traffic to a designated Virtual IP (VIP). If workstations are manually or dynamically configured with the physical IP address of one router, failover mechanisms will not redirect host traffic when that specific physical router goes offline.
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FHRP Virtual IP vs Physical IP Gateway Configuration