The bandwidth and thus the metric will be different depending on the direction of traffic. "All metrics are calculated from the outgoing interfaces along the route." P245 "Routing TCP/IP Vol I" Doyle. This particular quote is in reference to IGRP. I'll assume, without testing, that it also applies to EIGRP.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Sreekanth yandapalli [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 2:12 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Bandwidth on serial interface??? [7:72966] > > > Hi, > > I just have a question how will the router determine the > serial interface > bandwidth? > > In one of my eigrp test, I just find the bandwidth on both sides of a > single serial connection is different. You can see from > below, 7200's is > 1544K, and 3640 is 128K. > > 7200--- serial --- 3640 > > on 7200: > show inter Serial2/2 > Serial2/2 is up, line protocol is up > Hardware is M4T > Internet address is 170.10.10.2/24 > MTU 1500 bytes, BW 1544 Kbit, DLY 20000 usec, > > on 3640: > show inter Serial1/0 > Serial1/0 is up, line protocol is up > Hardware is CD2430 in sync mode > Internet address is 170.10.10.4/24 > MTU 1500 bytes, BW 128 Kbit, DLY 20000 usec, > > Thanks, > Rayan Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=73027&t=72966 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

