Did anyone notice that I explained reliability and load backwards? ;-) It was a copy-and-paste error. Reverse the two explanations below please.
Priscilla At 08:43 PM 2/20/02, Priscilla Oppenheimer wrote: >The delay part of the EIGRP composite metric is not measured. It's based on >the type of interface. Each type of interface has a default value. You can >change it, although this is risky and not recommended. > >Because EIGRP is a distance-vector protocol, the router sends route updates >that list networks. For each network, the router states the different parts >of the composite metric: > >1) The delay to get to the network, which is a cumulation of all interface >delays. > >2) The bandwidth to that network, which is the minimum bandwidth for all >interfaces. > >3) Reliability which is not used by default, but you can configure the >router to use it. If used, the reliability is measured and represents how >much of the bandwidth to the network is in use. > >4) Load which is not used by default, but you can configure the router to >use it. If used, the load is measured and represents the fraction of >packets that arrive at the network undamaged. > >The router also sends the following info, which is not part of the metric, >but useful for other routers to know: > >1) MTU is the maximum packet size that can be sent along the entire path >without fragmentation. (That is, it is the minimum of the MTUs of all the >networks involved in the path.) > >2) The hop count is simply the number of routers that a packet will have to >go through to get to the destination. > >3) Next hop is the address of the router to use to get to the destination, >which is usually the router sending the update. > >Priscilla > >At 05:15 PM 2/20/02, Yatou Wu wrote: > >Hi, > > > >In EIGRP, the delay metric is taken as configured in the interface of the > >router by the administrator, by default, or by measurement? > > > >when the router calculates the metric, it needs to know the minimum > >bandwidth along the path, and also the delay along the path. how can the > >router pass the infor around? pass the total delay along the path, or delay > >of every link? > > > >thanks > > > >yatou > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. >________________________ > >Priscilla Oppenheimer >http://www.priscilla.com ________________________ Priscilla Oppenheimer http://www.priscilla.com Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=36097&t=36001 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
