Exam N10-008 topic 1 question 237 discussion

Straight from Comptia Certmaster: Asymmetrical routing refers to a topology where the return path is different to the forward path.

Could be a gateway but the indication from the question sounds like A should be correct.

Are these answers correct cause I would of said A

If the PC is configured with an incorrect default gateway, the PC will attempt to forward to what is configured, and arp for the address that is configured. With proxy arp enabled, the router will respond with its own MAC address. In Asymmetric routing, a packet traverses from a source to a destination in one path and takes a different path when it is to return like a loop to the source. This is commonly seen in Layer-3 routed networks. The hop count between the client to server, or server to client would still show the same hops, but in a different order.

Asymmetrical Routing Issues Asymmetrical routing refers to a topology where the return path is different to the forward path. T

this is not a gateway issue

I think this should be D.

A. Asymmetric routing Asymmetric routing occurs when data packets follow different paths on the way to the destination and on the way back to the source, leading to different hops being displayed in traceroute results from the client to the server and from the server to the client. This can be caused by a variety of factors, including different routing algorithms, load balancing, and network congestion.

A. Asymmetric routing is the most likely explanation for the different hops between the client and server when performing a traceroute in both directions. Asymmetric routing occurs when the path taken by packets from the source host to the destination host is different from the path taken by packets from the destination host to the source host. This can happen for a variety of reasons, such as different routing protocols being used by different devices on the network, or different link costs being assigned to different links in the network.

This is an excellent explanation of the answer. https://www.auvik.com/franklyit/blog/asymmetric-routing-issue/

Asymmetric routing is when the flow of packets in one direction passes through a different interface than that used for the return path. This can occur when traffic flows across different layer 2 bridged pair interfaces on the firewall or when it flows across different firewalls in a high availability cluster.

Correct answer is C

Asymmetric routing

'Asymmetric routing is when the flow of packets in one direction passes through a different interface than that used for the return path'