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Chapter 6 – Static Routing
Study Guide
Tips for success: While answering the questions read Chapter 6, review the summary, and complete the practice Quiz.
After completion of this chapter, you should be able to:
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Explain the advantages and disadvantages of static routing.
Explain the purpose of different types of static routes.
Configure IPv4 and IPv6 static routes by specifying a next-hop address.
Configure an IPv4 and IPv6 default routes.
Explain the use of legacy classful addressing in network implementation.
Explain the purpose of CIDR in replacing classful addressing.
Design and implement a hierarchical addressing scheme.
Configure an IPv4 and IPv6 summary network address to reduce the number of routing table updates.
Configure a floating static route to provide a backup connection.
Explain how a router processes packets when a static route is configured.
Troubleshoot common static and default route configuration issues.
1. Compare Static and Dynamic Routing:
Static Routing
Advantages
Used to define exit point
Only required 2 routes
Dynamic Routing
Disadvantages
Human Error
Fault Tolerance
Administrative Distance
Advantages
deterministic, no
bandwidth use by
dynamic RP
Disadvantages
does not scale well, admin
overhead, does not
respond to faults without
manual intervention
2. What is a sub network? It is a network within another network
3. Complete Activity 6.1.1.4 – Identify Advantages and Disadvantages of Static Routing
4. When is a default static route used?
Any time you don’t tell it what to do
5. The next hop can be identified by an IP address, exit interface, or both. Explain the difference between the
following route types:
a. Next-hop route – refers to the next closest router a packet can go through
b. Directly connected static route –a lan nextork
c. Fully specified static route –a fully configured network
6. Complete Activity 6.1.2.6 – Identify the Type of Static Route
7. Write the correct syntax for the following routes from R1 to R2’s LAN: (Vary the way you specify next hop)
S0/0/0
a. Default Route:R1 to R2
b. Static Route:R1 to Lan
c. Floating Static:don’t know
8. Identify the parts of the IPv6 Static Route below:
R1(config)# ipv6 route
2001:DB8:ACAD:2::/64
2001:DB8:ACAD:F::2
9. What is the correct syntax for an IPv6 Default Static Route using S0/0/0 as the exit interface?
10. Classful routing protocols do NOT include this in their routing updates: the subnet mask
11. Define the following terms:
a. Route Summarization – also called route aggregation, is a method of minimizing the number of routing
tables in an IP
b. Supernetting – is an Internet Protocol (IP) network that is formed from the combination of two or more
networks
12. Complete Activity 6.4.1.4 – Summarize Networks and Prefixes
13. Summarize the following routes:
a. 192.168.10.1
192.168.11.1
192.168.12.1
192.168.13.1
Summarized Route: __________________/____
192.168.8.0/21
b. 10.25.80.0
10.25.82.0
10.25.84.0
10.25.86.0
c. 2001:DB8:5F73:A::1/64
2001:DB8:5F73:B::1/64
2001:DB8:5F73:C::1/64
10.25.80.0/21
Summarized Route: __________________/____
2001:DB8:5F73:D::1/64
Summarized Route: ________________________/____
14. How can a floating static route be configured as a “backup” route?