>>> "Howard C. Berkowitz" 5/14/02 11:46:39 AM >>> >> No modern routing protocol uses composite metrics, in the sense that >> a numerical value is computed from several factors. I don't know if >> you'd consider route preference (e.g., OSPF intraarea over interarea >> over external) to be composite; I don't. > > >From this statement I'm inferring that you don't consider EIGRP to
>be a modern protocol? I must be misunderstanding this statement, as well, and I'm wondering if it's because the word composite might have a different meaning in this context. Howard seems to stick with 'complex metric' instead of composite. Howard, is there a subtlety here that we're missing? I was under the impression that the (E)IGRP metric was a composite because it took into account multiple metrics when calculating a final metric. Even though they don't use all available factors they do still use bandwidth and delay. Doesn't that qualify? Or, are we being imprecise by using the word composite in this context in the first place? Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=44261&t=43994 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
