To view the administrative distance of routes on a Cisco router, you would use the command show ip route
. This command displays the routing table, including the administrative distances associated with different routes, which are indicated next to the route entries. You can also use show ip route <protocol>
to see specific protocols and their administrative distances.
what command allows you to configure an administrative distance
The "show ip route" command in Cisco devices will display the administrative distance of routes along with other routing information.
show ip route
The administrative distance (AD) is a metric used by routing protocols to determine the trustworthiness of a route. It assigns a value to each routing protocol, with lower values indicating higher trustworthiness. When a router receives multiple routes to a destination, it will prefer the route with the lowest AD. This ensures that the most reliable routes are used for packet forwarding.
Broadcast messages from router to its neighbours
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conf terminal Router#show ip route
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Administrative distance refers to the trustworthiness of a particular route. Routes with the smallest metric to a destination indicate the best path.
generally static routing protocol has the most trustworthy administrative distance .i.e; 1 and in dynamic routing protocols EIGRP has the best AD.
Router routes traffic to different computers connected to it.
Administrative distance is a way to prioritize routing information from different routing protocols; a lower administrative distance is preferred. The metric, on the other hand, is a value that represents the cost of a particular route, aiding in selecting the best path to a destination.