In the Junos OS architecture, the Routing Engine (RE) manages path selection by evaluating multiple potential routes to a specific destination found within the Routing Information Base (RIB). When multiple routing sources (such as static configuration, OSPF, IS-IS, and BGP) provide information for the exact same destination prefix—in this case, 192.168.100.100/32 —the device utilizes route preference as the primary tie-breaker to determine which entry becomes the " active " route.

The provided exhibit displays the default preference values for each protocol: Static is 5 , OSPF is 10 , IS-IS is 15 , and BGP is 170 . Junos OS follows a " lower is better " logic for preference; therefore, the Static route is selected as the most trustworthy path. In the command output, the active route is explicitly identified by the asterisk (*) and plus sign (+) symbols located next to the [Static/5] entry. Looking at the specific next-hop information for this active static route, the output indicates the traffic is sent to 192.168.0.2 via xe-0/0/0.0 . Consequently, the Packet Forwarding Engine (PFE) will install this specific path into the forwarding table, causing all traffic destined for 192.168.100.100 to be egressed over the xe-0/0/0.0 interface.