Metrics (networking)
Field in a routing table used to make routing decisions / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Metric (disambiguation).
Router metrics are configuration values used by a router to make routing decisions. A metric is typically one of many fields in a routing table. Router metrics help the router choose the best route among multiple feasible routes to a destination. The route will go in the direction of the gateway with the lowest metric.
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A router metric is typically based on information such as path length, bandwidth, load, hop count, path cost, delay, maximum transmission unit (MTU), reliability and communications cost.