Cisco Exam Questions

what does the letter D stand for?

In the following partial output of the show ip route command, what does the letter D stand for?
D 192.1.2.0/24 via 5.1.1.71 [w:0 m:0]
C 192.8.1.1/32 directly connected to loopback 0

A.
This is a default route

B.
This is an EIGRP route

C.
This is static route

D.
This is a directly connected route

Explanation:
The letter D indicates that it was a route learned by the EIGRP routing protocol. In the output of the show ip
route command, each route will have a letter next to it that indicates the method by which the route was
learned. At the beginning of the output will be a legend describing the letters as shown below:

The letter does not indicate that it is a default route. The default route (if configured) will appear at the end of
the legend as follows:
Gateway of last resort is 10.119.254.240 to network 10.140.0.0
The letter does not indicate that it is a static route. Static routes will have an “S” next to them.
The letter does not indicate that it is a directly connected route. Directly connected routes will have a “C” next to
them.Objective:
Routing Fundamentals
Sub-Objective:
Interpret the components of routing table

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