Yeah...I probably should not have included that check since it does not play into the calculation. <shrug>
On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 5:46 PM, Dale Shaw <[email protected]<dale.shaw%[email protected]> > wrote: > Hi Joe, > > On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 9:29 AM, Joe Astorino <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi Dale, > > > > The bandwidth that is set on R7 s0/0/0 is completely irrelevant to the > > calculation. > > Yes, this is the point I've been trying to make, subtly, but failing :-) > > In the second terminal output box in your article, you are checking > R7's s0/0/0 interface, but the bandwidth and delay values specified > there are irrelevant. > > Nice article, but if I could give one piece of feedback it would be to > make it painfully clear that the composite metric is calculated > "uni-directionally" -- from the device performing the calculation, to > the ultimate destination -- using the egress interfaces *only*, > including the ultimate directly connected interface, in each hop along > the path. (in this case, R8's s0/0/0 and R7's lo0.) > > I've found this fact to result in a 'light bulb moment' for lots of > people struggling with EIGRP metric calculation. > > Cheers, > Dale > -- Regards, Joe Astorino CCIE #24347 (R&S) Sr. Technical Instructor - IPexpert Mailto: [email protected] Telephone: +1.810.326.1444 Live Assistance, Please visit: www.ipexpert.com/chat eFax: +1.810.454.0130 IPexpert is a premier provider of Classroom and Self-Study Cisco CCNA (R&S, Voice & Security), CCNP, CCVP, CCSP and CCIE (R&S, Voice, Security & Service Provider) Certification Training with locations throughout the United States, Europe and Australia. Be sure to check out our online communities at www.ipexpert.com/communities and our public website at www.ipexpert.com
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