A router receives a message addressed 172161575 The relevant

A router receives a message addressed 172.16.15.75. The relevant routing table entries are 172.16.0.0 /20 – Serial 0, 172.16.0.0 /23 – Ethernet 0, and 172.16.15.64 /26 – Ethernet 1. Which interface will the router forward the packet to?

A. Serial 0.

B. Serial 1.

C. Ethernet 0.

D. Ethernet 1.

E. None of the above. The packet will be dropped.

Solution

When message is passed through router the address wont alter, So in router, the address is matching with router table. So this message wont pass and packet will be dropped.

So correct option is E. None of the above. The packet will be dropped.