Metrics on routes, what are they?

[TDMorIP]

ive been working with Extreme for a while and have setup lots of static routes but why would one add a metric within the route?

 

[unclerico]

routing decisions are made in this order:
1) longest prefix
2) smallest administrative distance
3) smallest metric

you can use the metric to give preference to one route over another (assuming #1 and #2 are both equal). one way it is commonly used is for floating static routes.

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