Question 320
R1’s next-hop Ethernet neighbor is on 192.0.2.0/24, while the ultimate packet destination is 10.50.0.9. What information does R1 use to build the outgoing Ethernet frame?
Explanation
Correct Answer
IP routing chooses an adjacent next hop, and ARP resolves that next hop’s local link-layer address for the outgoing Ethernet frame.
Incorrect Answers
ARP is link-local; routers do not normally discover remote subnet host MACs across routed hops.
R1 builds a new link-layer frame for its own outgoing segment using its resolved neighboring device.
The router forwards ordinary unicast IP using unicast next-hop MAC resolution, not Ethernet broadcast per packet.





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