Question 10
The design record describes this issue: Several branches received scattered /24 IPv4 prefixes, forcing hundreds of individual route entries across the enterprise core. Which technical principle BEST explains the design decision?
Explanation
Correct Answer
Contiguous nonoverlapping prefixes can be summarized at a network boundary, reducing routing-table complexity. The correct engineering response is: Replan branches with contiguous, hierarchical address blocks and advertise appropriately scoped summaries. The observable check is: Branch prefixes fall inside the advertised aggregate and reachability tests confirm no unintended addresses are drawn into the summary.
Incorrect Answers
Contiguous nonoverlapping prefixes can be summarized at a network boundary, reducing routing-table complexity. The offered choice instead concerns a different principle: Hierarchical IPv6 prefix planning supports route summarization and stable per-link /64 subnets. Those technical conditions are not interchangeable.
Contiguous nonoverlapping prefixes can be summarized at a network boundary, reducing routing-table complexity. The offered choice instead concerns a different principle: RFC 3021 /31s can use both addresses on point-to-point links without ordinary network and broadcast host reservations. Those technical conditions are not interchangeable.
Contiguous nonoverlapping prefixes can be summarized at a network boundary, reducing routing-table complexity. The offered choice instead concerns a different principle: IPv6 LAN autoconfiguration normally relies on a /64 subnet; a /48 supports many distinct /64 subnets. Those technical conditions are not interchangeable.