The answer to your question is YES. When used with the IGRP/EIGRP,the metric keyword sets the bandwidth value (in kbps), the delay (in tens of microseconds), the reliability (out of 255), and finally the maximum transmission unit (MTU).
These five values constitute the SEED METRIC. The seed metric is the initial metric value of an imported route. After it is imported into IGRP/EIGRP AS, a RIP route begins its life as an IGRP/EIGRP route with composite metric derived from these values -- regardless of its former RIP metric. However, as the imported route is propagated to other IGRP/EIGRP routers, its metric value will increment according to the rules of IGRP/EIGRP. When a router receives updates from different routing protocols about the same network, it can't use dissimilar metrics to evaluate a route , so it uses the administrative distance to decide decide which protocol to believe. The lower the value of administrative distance the more believable the protocol. Bandwidth and dealy are the most important ones when calculating the composite metric. Hope this helps. Regds, Murtaza ----- Original Message ----- From: "Howard C. Berkowitz" To: Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 6:21 AM Subject: Re: redistribute rip route to igrp [7:31270] > >When i redistribute rip route to igrp process,do i have to input > >all the 5 metric ? > > > >how to get the metric value ? > > > >Thanks. > > > Assume you don't input them, and IGRP receives the route. What would > IGRP use as a metric that it distributes to the other IGRP routers? Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=31331&t=31270 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
