ANS-C01 Network Design Practice Question
Network Topology
A network engineer is troubleshooting a VPN connection between an on-premises network (172.16.0.0/16) and an AWS VPC (10.0.0.0/16). The VPN status is 'available' but traffic is not passing. The engineer runs the command shown in the exhibit. What is the most likely cause of the issue?
⚠ Common exam trap
The trap here is that candidates see 'available' status and assume all components are working, but they overlook the critical requirement of a route in the VPC route table pointing to the virtual private gateway for the on-premises CIDR.
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Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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The VPC route table does not have a route for 172.16.0.0/16 pointing to the virtual private gateway.
The VPN status is 'available', which indicates that the VPN tunnels are established and the BGP sessions (if configured) are up. However, traffic still fails because the VPC route table lacks a route for the on-premises CIDR (172.16.0.0/16) pointing to the virtual private gateway (VGW). Without this route, the VPC does not know to send traffic destined for the on-premises network through the VPN connection, even though the tunnels themselves are operational.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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The VPN tunnels are not in 'UP' state.
Why it's wrong here
The state is 'available', meaning tunnels are up.
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The VPC route table does not have a route for 172.16.0.0/16 pointing to the virtual private gateway.
Why this is correct
Without this route, VPC traffic to on-premises is dropped.
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The tunnel inside CIDRs overlap with the VPC CIDR.
Why it's wrong here
169.254.x.x are link-local, not overlapping with 10.0.0.0/16.
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The BGP session is not established.
Why it's wrong here
Static routes are used; BGP may not be configured.
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