An organization is configuring a core router that has multiple active routing protocols running simultaneously. The router receives two competing routes for the destination network 192.168.50.0/24. The first route is learned via OSPF with a metric of 45. The second route is learned via EIGRP (Internal) with a metric of 156800. Assuming default administrative distance values are used, which path will the router select for traffic destined to 192.168.50.0/24?
- The route learned via EIGRP, because internal EIGRP has a lower administrative distance than OSPF.Cevap
- BThe route learned via OSPF, because OSPF has a significantly lower route metric cost than EIGRP.
- CBoth routes equally using Equal-Cost Multi-Path (ECMP) load balancing across both protocols.
- DNeither route, because competing routing protocols destination prefixes create an invalid loop condition.
Cevap
The router will select the route learned via EIGRP because its default Administrative Distance (90) is lower than OSPF's default Administrative Distance (110).
When a router receives identical network destination prefixes from two different dynamic routing protocols, it compares their Administrative Distance (AD) values. Default AD for internal EIGRP is 90, and for OSPF it is 110. Because lower AD indicates higher trustworthiness, the router selects the EIGRP path regardless of raw metric values.
Adım Adım Çözüm
Anahtar Kavram
Administrative Distance vs. Routing Metric in Route Selection