Refer to the exhibit.
For the accompanying router output, which of the following statements describes the state that
neighbor 172.16.254.3 is in?
A.
BGP can exchange routing information in this state.
B.
The router will not accept connections from the peer.
C.
The router is listening on its server port for connection requests from the peer.
D.
The router has sent out an active TCP connection request to the peer.
Explanation:
The BGP state in the output is “Active”, which means BGP speaker is attempting to initiate a TCP
session with the BGP speaker it wants to peer with. If this can be done, the BGP state goes to
OpenSent state.