As a network administrator, you need to configure a static route on your router to direct traffic destined only for the specific IP address 203.0.113.5 to use the next-hop IP address 198.51.100.1. Which command would you use to accomplish this?
To configure a static route to a specific host, the ip route command is used with the destination IP address, a subnet mask of 255.255.255.255 (signifying a single host route), and the next-hop IP address. Therefore, the correct command is ip route 203.0.113.5 255.255.255.255 198.51.100.1.
Using a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 creates a network route for the entire 203.0.113.0/24 network, not just the single IP. A subnet mask of 0.0.0.0 defines a default route and does not specify a single host. Therefore, the other options do not correctly configure a static host route to the specific IP address.
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