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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:

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 Dynamic Routing
Advantages Disadvantages Advantages Disadvantages
Configuration complexity Suitable in all topologies Can be more complex to
No extra resources are increases with network where multiple routers implement.
needed. size. are required.
Less secure.
Routing tables are small Topology changes will Generally independent of
and maintenance is affect configuration. the network size. Route depends on the
minimal current topology.
No automatic updates will Automatically adapts
Route path to destination be made to the routing topology to route traffic if Requires additional
is always the same. table if topology changes. possible CPU,RAM and link
bandwidth.

2. What is a stub network?

A stub network is a somewhat casual term describing a computer network, or part of an internetwork, with no
knowledge of other networks, that will typically send much or all of its non-local traffic out via a single path, with
the network aware only of a default route to non-local destinations.

3. Complete Activity 6.1.1.4 Identify Advantages and Disadvantages of Static Routing

4. When is a default static route used?

 Every TCP/IP packet, whether its a client request or a server response, contains a source IP address
and a destination IP address.

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. The next hop is among the

series of routers that are connected together in a network and is the next possible destination for a data

packet. More specifically, next hop is an IP address entry in a router's routing table, which specifies the

next closest/most optimal router in its routing path.

b. Directly connected static route

c. Fully specified static route

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 R2s LAN: (Vary the way you specify next hop)
S0/0/0

a. Default Route: 192.168.1.1/30

b. Static Route:10.10.10.0/24

c. Floating Static: 192.168.1.2/30

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:

11. Define the following terms:

a. Route Summarization is a method of minimizing the number of routing tables in an IP (Internet

Protocol) network. It works by consolidating selected multiple routes into a single route advertisement,

in contrast to flat routing in which every routing table contains a unique entry for each route.

b. Supernetting is an Internet Protocol network that is formed from the combination of two or more

networks with a common Classless Inter-Domain Routing.

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 Summarized Route: _10.25.80.0/21

c. 2001:DB8:5F73:A::1/64

2001:DB8:5F73:B::1/64

2001:DB8:5F73:C::1/64

2001:DB8:5F73:D::1/64 Summarized Route: ________________________/____

14. How can a floating static route be configured as a backup route?