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What is the purpose of using First Hop Redundancy Protocol on a specific subnet?

  • A. forwards multicast hello messages between routers
  • B. sends the default route to the hosts on a network
  • C. ensures a loop-free physical topology
  • D. filters traffic based on destination IP addressing
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Suggested Answer: B 🗳️

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TA77
Highly Voted 3 years ago
I have no idea what is the benefit of twisting words to come up with complicated question, which will not serve in real life. The purpose of FHRP is to provide redundancy for the gateway. PERIOD! Anyway, I'm going with option A.
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sasquatchshrimp
2 years, 11 months ago
Just in case an enduser finds themselves in your switches, calls in and asks you dumb questions they know nothing about, which will eventually achieve nothing. haha
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Dante_Dan
Highly Voted 3 years, 5 months ago
Well, among the answers, A is the least incorrect, as I don't think that forwarding multicast hello messages between routers is the PURPOSE of using a First Hop Redundancy Protocol. The other answers refer to other protocols: Answer B refers to a DHCP server Answer C refers to STP Answer D refers to ACL
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MarkFromMilan
7 months, 1 week ago
As VRRP resolves the virtual IP of the D.G. with its MAC, in tra ARP process, VRPP is actually "sending the default route to the hosts"... Isn't it? So B
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TheLorenz
3 years, 3 months ago
B doesn't refer to DHCP. DHCP is responsible for providing IP addresses dynamically to hosts.
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D0nkey_h0t
3 years ago
it does! cause along with ip adresses it provides also subnet masks, default gateways and even DNS servers
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1Abel1
Most Recent 1 week, 3 days ago
Selected Answer: B
FHRP which includes HSRP and VRRP it's all about ensuring the provision of consistent reliable default gateway. This is a virtual IP address for the network. B. sends the default route to the hosts on a network
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DaRedPenguin
3 months, 1 week ago
Both ChatGPT and Grok say B
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riteshm42
4 months, 1 week ago
Selected Answer: B
I believe B is right answer
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tiingabatana
6 months ago
Selected Answer: B
When a FHRP protocol is used, the actual active/master router sends a gratuitous ARP to all the devices(Switches/hosts) on the network to advertises its MAC address and declare as the default router, as this been said, the most correct answer should be B
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MeysamDavabi
7 months ago
Selected Answer: B
in FHRPs protocols when the active or master router take the role of packet forwarding outside of the local network, it will send an Gratuitous ARP message as the broadcast message to all hosts to let them know the mac address of default gateway of the network which is up at that time this will happen each time the active or master role is come up or taken by a router. so B is the better answer
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MarkFromMilan
7 months, 1 week ago
Selected Answer: B
As VRRP resolves the virtual IP of the D.G. with its MAC, in tra ARP process, VRPP is actually "sending the default route to the hosts"... Isn't it? So B.
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Joshua25
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Is this really a CCNA question? I suspect this is generated by ChatGPT.
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Joshua25
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Another typical Cisco nonsense BS. None of the answers is a purpose of FHRP.
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Billyon
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Selected Answer: C
FHRPs, such as HSRP (Hot Standby Router Protocol) and VRRP (Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol), ensure that hosts have a consistent default gateway even if one of the routers fails. This redundancy helps maintain network connectivity without causing loops.
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xplinty666
1 year, 2 months ago
Selected Answer: B
The purpose of using a First Hop Redundancy Protocol (FHRP) on a specific subnet is to provide redundancy for the default gateway (router) on that subnet. This ensures that if the primary router fails, another router in the network can seamlessly take over the routing responsibilities, minimizing downtime and ensuring continuous network connectivity for the hosts on the subnet.
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JulesAZ
1 year, 4 months ago
Selected Answer: A
Has to be A for me FHRPs use multicast hello messages to maintain communication and detect failures. These protocols ensure seamless failover when the primary router is unavailable Why its NOT B First Hop Redundancy Protocols (FHRPs), such as HSRP (Hot Standby Router Protocol) and VRRP (Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol), do not directly send a default route to hosts. FHRPs provide redundancy for the default gateway (router) in a network. The virtual IP address (shared by FHRP routers) serves as the default gateway for hosts. Hosts are configured with this virtual IP address as their default route.
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zbeugene7
1 year, 7 months ago
A is the answer , but why someone would call it a "purpose" ? Only for you to fail..... The only purpose of FHRP is in the name : provide one hop redundancy , isn't it ?
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shumps
1 year, 10 months ago
Answer is B a stable routing.
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kyleptt
2 years ago
Poorly worded question but HSRP sends hello packets between each other to ensure that the routers are up but this is not the reason for HSRP
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Rether16
2 years, 3 months ago
Some of these quetions by Cisco are really poor. The purpose of FHRP is simply for redundancy. I picked A but It was a lucky guess between that and B if im honest!
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