Question

pc>tracert www.cisco.com tracing route to 172.24.2.1 over a maximum of 30 hops! 1 1 ms 0 ms 0 ms 172.20.0.254 2 0 ms 0 ms 0 ms 172.20.1.18 3 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 172.20.1.1 4 2 ms 0 ms 1 ms 172.20.1.22 5 2 ms 2 ms 2 ms 172.24.255.17 6 2 ms 2 ms 3 ms 172.24.255.13 7 2 ms 1 ms 2 ms 172.24.255.4 8 3 ms 1 ms 1 ms 172.24.2.1 trace complete. refer to the exhibit. a user pc has successfully transmitted packets to www.cisco.com. which ip address does the user pc target in order to forward its data off the local network?

Explanation:

The first IP address in the tracert output after the local network is the default - gateway (the address the PC targets to forward data off the local network). In a tracert result, the initial hops show the path through local network devices before reaching external networks. Here, 172.20.0.254 is likely the default - gateway as it is the first non - local (in the context of the local network being traversed) IP address in the list.

Answer:

172.20.0.254