2020 11 05 15 00 59 Z Routing Metrics

This is a relative value that routers use when they have more than one route to get to another network. The lowest value is always used.

Metric Setting Criteria #

Hop count #

The number of routers a packet will pass through on the way to its destination

Bandwidth #

Uses bandwidth limitations to determine routing metric

Delay #

Uses latency to determine routing metric

Cost #

Uses various cost analysis such as low bandwidth to establish routing metric