Simple Question about metric

Hi group I have a simple question about metric regarding to the routing protocol especially ospf and bgp ?? What does the metric use for ??? what we use metric ?? What is/are the difference(s) is we use metric 2 or 10, for instance ??? Thanks       

Re: Simple Question about metric

helps Russ.. ""archstein"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 002601c04f7f$e33f6f00$190ca8c0@Platinum">news:002601c04f7f$e33f6f00$190ca8c0@Platinum... Hi group I have a simple question about metric regarding to the routing protocol especially os