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--- "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" wrote: > I failed maths dismally at school now im faced with > this metric stuff ... > > IGRP calculates the metric by adding together > weighted values of different > characteristics of the link to the network in > question. These values > (bandwidth, bandwidth divided by load, and delay) > are weighted with the > constants K1, K2, and K3. Here's the formula: > > > Metric = K1 * BandW (K2 * BandW)/(256-load) > K3*Delay > The default constant values are K1=K3=1 and > K2=K4=K5=0, so: > > > Metric = BandW Delay > If K5 does not equal 0, an additional operation is > done: > > > Metric = Metric * [K5/(reliability K4)] > To find BandW, find the smallest of all the > bandwidths from outgoing > interfaces and divide 10,000,000 by that number. > (The bandwidth is scaled by > 10,000,000 in kilobits per second.) > > ... can anyone put this into very very simple terms > i don't understand how > the K values work > > a prize will be awarded to the reply i understand > :?\ > > TIA Dave [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=31725&t=31631 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
