In the routing table for ospf what does the 2 in 110/2 mean? (packet tracer)

StonedHitman

I know it's supposed to be the metric, but why is it only 2?

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gbdavidx

isnt that the ospf cost?

mikeybinec

StonedHitman wrote: »

I know it's supposed to be the metric, but why is it only 2?

the metric is cost How you figure is 10^8/bandwidth. So for example, a fast ethernet interface at 100Mbps has a cost of 1

You can change the bandwidth in case you hook up a Cisco router to another different vendors router..

I'm sure one of the resident gurus can give you a better anwer than I can

Regards

gorebrush

Mikey is pretty much spot on.

Note that the bandwidth keyword he uses is referring to the "reference bandwidth", so you can adjust the overall costs depending on the types of links in your infrastructure.

I believe the command was introduced when links started getting very quick and the cost figure became meaningless when lots of things like Metro Ethernet started appearing etc.

It's not unlike STP costs in 802.1D - they were revised to accommodate faster links.

StonedHitman

This makes a little more sense to me now, thx guys