What characterizes a floating static route?
- It is a less trustworthy route than the primary route.
- It provides load balancing with another static route to the same destination.
- It is configured with a lower administrative distance than the primary router
- It serves as a backup to an OSPF-learned route as long as it is configured with an administrative distance of 105.
Explanation: Floating static routes are static routes that are used to provide a backup path to a primary static or dynamic route in the event of a link failure. If it is created as a backup to an OSPF-learned route it can be configured with an administrative distance value higher than the OSPF administrative distance, which is 110. The administrative distance of a static route can be increased to make the route less desirable than that of another static route or a route learned through a dynamic routing protocol.
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