6.5.5 Check Your Understanding – How a Host Routes Answers

1. Which statement about host forwarding decisions is true?

  • A host cannot ping itself.
  • A remote destination host is on the same local network as the sending host.
  • Local hosts can reach each other without the need of a router.
  • Routing is enabled on switches to discover the best path to a destination.

Explanation: A router is not needed to forward packets between local hosts on the network.

2. Which default gateway statement is true?

  • A default gateway is required to send packets to other hosts on the local network.
  • The default gateway address is the IP address of a switch on a remote network.
  • The default gateway address is the IP address of the router on the local network.
  • Traffic can only be forwarded outside the local network if there is no default gateway.

Explanation: The default gateway is the IP address of a router on the local network.

3. Which two commands could be entered on a Windows host to view its IPv4 and IPv6 routing table? (Choose two.)

  • netroute -l
  • netstat -r
  • print route
  • route print
  • print net

Explanation: The commands netstat -r and route print will display the routing table of a Windows host.

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