Which Of The Following Is True About Static Routes?

Which Of The Following Is True About Static Routes?

• To make the routing decision the source interfaces need to be configured.
• The next-hop address needed the subnet mask.
• By default, the subnet mask is 255.255.255.0.
• The exit interface is specifically for the indication of the packets that where will they be routed. 

Answer: the static routes define the router exit point where there is no need for the router and neither they are present, and it is known as the default route.

With the process of direct configuration, the static routes are added manually. The static routes help the router to determine the remote network which is not connected to its interface. In today’s world, the use of static routes is minimized because they are configured manually in the network for each router.

The static routed are configured in the global configuration mode with the use of ip route DESTINATION_NETWORK SUBNET_MASK NEXT_HOP_IP_ADDRESS command. NEXT_HOP_IP_ADDRESS is a parameter IP address for the next-hop that will destination the packets and also move them toward the remote network. The router has a direct connection with the network which has the next-hop IP address.

Static routes advantage and disadvantage

The static routes have their advantages and disadvantages. we have listed some of them in the following section:

Pros of static routing:

• There is no need for extra processing and adding the resource just like in the dynamic routing.
• As the excessive number of frames are transmitted for the process of routing table updates but it doesn’t mean an extra bandwidth is needed.
• A security level is increased because of manually adding and rejecting the routes on the particular network.

Cons of static routing:

• For the perfect configuration, the network administrator has to know the complete network topology.
• The change in topology is very time-consuming because every change has to be done manually.