Route Print shows metric of 30??? How??

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Route Print shows metric of 30??? How?? Shouldn't it be just "1" for each metric?


C:\>route print
===========================================================================
Interface List
0x1 ........................... MS TCP Loopback interface
0x10003 ...00 a0 c9 93 6e 3c ...... Intel(R) PRO/100B PCI Adapter (TX) - Packet
Scheduler Miniport
===========================================================================
===========================================================================
Active Routes:
Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric
127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1
192.168.0.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.0.3 192.168.0.3 30
192.168.0.3 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 30
192.168.0.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.0.3 192.168.0.3 30
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 192.168.0.3 192.168.0.3 30
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.0.3 192.168.0.3 1
===========================================================================
Persistent Routes:
None

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[David Candy]

No. Metrics is how the route is chosen. It may cost 10c per Mbyte via one ISP and 20c pr Mbyte for another. If the metric for the first is lower than the second then that route wil be chosen first.

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Route Print shows metric of 30??? How?? Shouldn't it be just "1" for each metric?


C:\>route print
===========================================================================
Interface List
0x1 ........................... MS TCP Loopback interface
0x10003 ...00 a0 c9 93 6e 3c ...... Intel(R) PRO/100B PCI Adapter (TX) - Packet
Scheduler Miniport
===========================================================================
===========================================================================
Active Routes:
Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric
127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1
192.168.0.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.0.3 192.168.0.3 30
192.168.0.3 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 30
192.168.0.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.0.3 192.168.0.3 30
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 192.168.0.3 192.168.0.3 30
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.0.3 192.168.0.3 1
===========================================================================
Persistent Routes:
None

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[David Candy]

It means whatever, whoever sets it up wants it to mean. It original purpose is choosing costings and it's still used for this. Other's use it for speed.

 

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I think all Windows XP computers use Automatic Metric by default, correct?

 

[David Candy]

Remarks
a.. Large values in the metric column of the routing table are the result of allowing TCP/IP to automatically determine the metric for routes in the routing table based on the configuration of IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway for each LAN interface. Automatic determination of the interface metric, enabled by default, determines the speed of each interface and adjusts the metrics of routes for each interface so that the fastest interface creates the routes with the lowest metric. To remove the large metrics, disable the automatic determination of the interface metric from the advanced properties of the TCP/IP protocol for each LAN connection.