How do you configure a static route to reach 10.0.0.0/24 via 192.168.1.254?

How do you configure a static route to reach 10.0.0.0/24 via 192.168.1.254?

• A. /ip route add dst-address=10.0.0.0/24 gateway=192.168.1.1
• B. /ip route add dst-address=10.0.0.0/24 gateway=192.168.1.254
• C. /ip route add dst-address=10.0.0.0/24 gateway=192.168.0.254
• D. /ip route add dst-address=10.0.0.0/24 gateway=192.168.2.254

Answer: (B)

Setting a static route means telling the router exactly how to forward packets for a specific destination network by designating the next-hop gateway. To reach 10.0.0.0/24, you point the router to a next-hop IP that is reachable on a directly connected network. The gateway 192.168.1.254 is the next-hop you specify, so the router will forward any traffic destined for 10.0.0.0/24 to that device. The correct command expresses the destination as 10.0.0.0/24 and sets the gateway to 192.168.1.254, which is the IP of the next router on its local 192.168.1.0/24 segment. The other options use different gateway IPs that are either not on the same local network or not the actual next-hop for this path, so they wouldn’t properly forward traffic toward 10.0.0.0/24.

Setting a static route means telling the router exactly how to forward packets for a specific destination network by designating the next-hop gateway.

To reach 10.0.0.0/24, you point the router to a next-hop IP that is reachable on a directly connected network. The gateway 192.168.1.254 is the next-hop you specify, so the router will forward any traffic destined for 10.0.0.0/24 to that device. The correct command expresses the destination as 10.0.0.0/24 and sets the gateway to 192.168.1.254, which is the IP of the next router on its local 192.168.1.0/24 segment.

The other options use different gateway IPs that are either not on the same local network or not the actual next-hop for this path, so they wouldn’t properly forward traffic toward 10.0.0.0/24.