“The method used by routing protocols to determine the best path for data to follow over a network. Routing metrics may be calculated using any of several variables, including number of hops, bandwidth, delay, MTU, cost, and load.”

“The method used by routing protocols to determine the best path for data to follow over a network. Routing metrics may be calculated using any of several variables, including number of hops, bandwidth, delay, MTU, cost, and load.”

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