ICND1: Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Part 1 (CCENT, legacy) — Question 41

All protocols on a network are using their default administrative distances with no redistribution. In which two different ways can you modify them so that OSPF and RIPv2 learned routes are preferred over EIGRP-learned routes? (Choose two.)

Answer options

• A. Change the OSPF administrative distance to 5.
• B. Change the RIP administrative distance to 70.
• C. Change the EIGRP administrative distance to 70.
• D. Change the RIP administrative distance to 100.
• E. Change the EIGRP administrative distance to 100. AB

Correct answer:

Explanation

Changing the OSPF administrative distance to 5 (option A) would make OSPF routes preferred over EIGRP routes since lower administrative distances are favored. Additionally, changing the RIP administrative distance to 70 (option B) also ensures that RIP routes are preferred over EIGRP, which has a default distance of 20. The other options either increase the administrative distance of OSPF or RIP or do not sufficiently lower EIGRP's distance to change the preference.