by default the administrative distance is one (1), but you can give it an optional value. The metric is zero (0).
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.
They are the number of hops needed to get to the desired network. The way the network is set up, 172.17.0.0 is 1 hop away from the device that issued the DEBUG IP RIP command. and 172.18.0.0 is 2 hops.
If you mean by the words "direct route" the shortest distance between two places, distances between two places are shortest at the equator, because of the shape of the planet. If you mean which direction should be traveled to minimize distance, the route taken should be as straight a line as possible.
OSPF uses the path cost metric to determine the best route to a destination network. The path cost is based on the bandwidth of the link. Lower path costs indicate faster or more desirable paths.
To remove a route from the configuration, you can use the 'no' command followed by the route information in the router configuration mode. For example, to remove a static route '192.168.1.0' with subnet mask '255.255.255.0' pointing to next-hop '10.0.0.1', you would use the command 'no ip route 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 10.0.0.1'. Make sure to save your configuration afterwards.
The route via Path B is installed because the EIGRP route has the best metric to network 10.2.0.0/16. The route via Path A is installed because the static route has the best metric to network 10.2.0.0/16. The route via Path B is installed because the EIGRP route has the lowest administrative distance to network 10.2.0.0/16. The route via Path A is installed because the static route has the lowest administrative distance to network 10.2.0.0/16.
The administrative distance of a default route is typically 1. This means that it is considered the most reliable and preferred route for forwarding traffic when no other more specific route is available in the routing table.
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.
Administrative distance refers to the trustworthiness of a particular route. Routes with the smallest metric to a destination indicate the best path.
For a hop to another network that is close, if you want it to be a preferred route the cost metric must be a low number. Depending on which protocol you use for routing, this number should be lower than other numbers as alternate routes.
This is where administrative distance comes into play. The lowest one gets used in the routing table. A static route always has a lower AD than dynamic routing processes. So the static route will be used.
A Admin can set the Administrative Distance (AD) on a static route to tell the router how reliable the route is. Dynamic routing protocols use metrics to determine route reliability.
The "show ip route" command in Cisco devices will display the administrative distance of routes along with other routing information.
Compared to RIP, EIGRP has a lower administrative distance. Compared to EIGRP, RIP has a higher metric value for the route. Compared to RIP, the EIGRP route has fewer hops. Compared to RIP, EIGRP has a faster update timer.
Compared to RIP, EIGRP has a lower administrative distance.
The network as an IP address; the corresponding subnet mask (often shown in shortcut notation, e.g., /24), the next-hop address; the interface through which data must be sent to that network; how it was learned (directly connected, static configuration, or some routing protocol); the administrative distance; the cost or metric.
-Distance vector routing -Hop-count metric -Route time-out timer