A router has learned about a destination network through two different methods: a static configuration entered by the administrator and information received from a dynamic routing protocol. By default, which route will the router install in its routing table?
It will install the route from the static configuration.
It will install the route learned from the dynamic routing protocol.
It will install the route with the lowest metric value.
It will install both routes and perform load balancing.
When multiple routing sources advertise a path to the same destination, the router compares their administrative distances before looking at metrics. A static route carries the default administrative distance of 1, which is lower (and therefore preferred) than the default distances of any common dynamic routing protocols such as EIGRP (90) or OSPF (110). Consequently, the statically configured route is installed in the routing table. The dynamically learned route is ignored because of its higher administrative distance. Metric values are evaluated only when two routes have the same administrative distance, and load balancing occurs only between routes whose administrative distances are equal.
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