COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
COMPUTER NETWORKING
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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drop the packet
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broadcast the packet
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store the packet in the memory buffer
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forward the packet to the default route
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Detailed explanation-1: -If there is no next hop, the packets are not policy routed. A default route of a computer that is participating in computer networking is the packet forwarding rule (route) taking effect when no other route can be determined for a given Internet Protocol (IP) destination address.
Detailed explanation-2: -If a router cannot determine the next hop for a packet, the router will: Forward the packet to the default route.
Detailed explanation-3: -To determine the next hop for a given packet, the router will compare it to each of the entries in the routing table (by anding it with the netmask and comparing it to the network address). It will forward the packet to the first next-hop that matches. While routing a packet destined for 1.2.