Linux for Networking Professionals

Assessments

In the following pages, we will review all of the practice questions from each of the chapters in this book and provide the correct answers.

Chapter 2 – Basic Linux Network Configuration and Operations – Working with Local Interfaces

1. A default gateway is a special route, usually denoted as 0.0.0.0/0 (in other binary, this indicates "all networks"). A host always has a local routing table, with an order of precedence.

   Any network that is directly connected to an interface is processed first. These are called connected or interface routes.

   Routes are defined in the routing table. These are routes you may have added with the ip command of the route command.

   Finally, the default route is referenced. If the traffic being sent does not match ...