Refer to the exhibit. S0/0 on R1 is configured as a multipoint interface to communicate with R2 and R3 in the hub-and-spoke Frame Relay topology. While testing this configuration, a technician notes that pings are successfully from hosts on the 172.16.1.0/24 network to hosts on both the 172.16.2.0/25 and 172.16.0.2.128/25 networks. However, pings between hosts on the 172.16.2.0/25 and 172.16.2.128/25 network are not successful. What could explain this connectivity problem?
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A. The ip subnet-zero command has been issued on the R1 router.
B. The RIPv2 dynamic routing protocol cannot be used across a Frame Relay network.
C. Split horizon is preventing R2 from learning about the R3 networks and R3 from learning about R2 networks.
D. The 172.16.2.0/25 and 172.16.2.128/25 networks are overlapping networks that can be seen by R1, but not between R2 and R3.
E. The 172.16.3.0/29 network used on the Frame Relay links is creating a discontiguous network between the R2 and R3 router subnetworks.
Answer: C
Explanation
The split horizon rule states “a router never sends information about a route back in same direction which is original information came”. In this case it means whenR3 sends update to R1 via s0/0, R1 does not send any update for same network out of interface s0/0. To solve this problem we can configure sub-interfaces on s0/0 or explicitly allow the update to be sent back on the same interface.