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HSRP quick check: Do you actually know how failover works?

Testing your first-hop redundancy protocol knowledge for the CCNA. Drop your answer in the comments before time runs out!

The question

In HSRP, what do endpoint PCs configure as their default gateway?
  • AThe group's virtual IP addresscorrect
  • BThe active router's physical IP
  • CThe HSRP multicast IP address

The answer

A The group's virtual IP address

PCs point to the shared virtual IP, which maps to a virtual MAC, so failover happens completely invisibly. Don't pick B — pointing hosts to physical IPs defeats redundancy entirely. Follow for tomorrow's rep.

Exam tip

Read what the question is actually asking before looking at the options. The wrong answers here are ones candidates genuinely pick — each is true of something adjacent, just not of what was asked.