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From the following debug output... Router0#*Mar 1 00:06:26.887: ICMPv6-ND: Received RS on GigabitEthernet0/1 from 2D0:FFFF:FE44:D802 *Mar 1 00:06:26.887: ICMPv6-ND: Sending RA from 260:47FF:FE34:A902 to 1 on GigabitEthernet0/1 ....does this output indicate it is from a host or a router?

a) Host
b) Router
c) Firewall
d) Switch

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Final answer:

The debug output shows the device is a router as it is sending Router Advertisement messages, a function specific to routers.

Step-by-step explanation:

The router identifier is used by BGP and OSPF to identify the routing device from which a packet originated. The router identifier usually is the IP address of the local routing device. If you do not configure a router identifier, the IP address of the first interface to come online is used. The debug output indicates that this device is a router.

This can be determined because the log states that the device has received a Router Solicitation (RS) message and is sending a Router Advertisement (RA) message. RS and RA messages are part of the ICMPv6 Neighbor Discovery Protocol

Which routers use to advertise their presence along with various parameters that hosts require for identifying routers on the local network segment. The presence of RA messages being sent confirms that this device is functioning as a router on the network.

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