What Does the * Indicate in the show route Command?
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When you display the routing table by entering the show route command, what does the * indicate?
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An asterisk (*) indicates that the route is both the active and the last active route. An asterisk before a to line indicates the best subpath to the route.
When you display the routing table by entering the "show route" command in Junos OS, the asterisk (*) indicates that the route is the currently active or best route for the destination prefix.
In other words, the * indicates the route that the router is currently using to forward traffic to the destination network. This route may have been selected as the best route based on a variety of factors, such as the route's administrative distance, preference value, and/or metric.
This does not necessarily mean that the route is a direct route or a default route, nor does it indicate whether the route was learned using a dynamic routing protocol. The * simply indicates that the route is the best route currently available for the destination prefix.
It's worth noting that the "show route" command can be modified with various options to display different aspects of the routing table, such as routes learned from specific protocols, routes with certain attributes, etc. However, the * will still indicate the best route for the destination prefix, regardless of how the output is filtered or sorted.
