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Exam 4A0-101 topic 1 question 1 discussion

Actual exam question from Alcatel-Lucent's 4A0-101
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When a router receives an IP packet, but does not find a match in the routing table for the destination IP address, what actions are performed by the router?

  • A. The packet is flooded out all router interfaces.
  • B. The packet is dropped and an ICMP unreachable message is sent back to the source.
  • C. The packet is silently discarded.
  • D. The packet is flooded out all interfaces and an ICMP unreachable message is sent.
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Suggested Answer: B 🗳️

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snowblack
3 years, 5 months ago
Routers will look at the destination address on a packet, and try to find a match in its routing table. If it cannot find a match it will drop the packet and send an ICMP message to the source to tell it that is has no route to the destination network.
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Joe_Mama
3 years, 6 months ago
Never mind - I take it back
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Joe_Mama
3 years, 6 months ago
I think the packet is discarded
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