>I notice that people often use the terms "cost" and "metric"
>interchangeably. Are they one in the same?
>
>Chris
The usage, as you correctly observe, is often sloppy. In the OSPF
context, however, costs are associated with interfaces, while metrics
are associated with routes. At least for an intra-area route, the
metric is the sum of interface costs.
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