In EIGRP, which term is used to describe the metric value advertised by a neighboring router as it advertises routes to this device?

In EIGRP, which term is used to describe the metric value advertised by a neighboring router as it advertises routes to this device?

• A. Advertised Distance
• B. Administrative Distance
• C. Actual Distance
• D. Average Distance

Answer: (A)

In EIGRP, the metric value that a neighboring router includes in its updates to describe the distance to a destination is called Advertised Distance. This is the distance the neighbor believes to the destination, as it reports in its route advertisements. When you evaluate a route via that neighbor, you take the neighbor’s Advertised Distance and add your own distance to reach that neighbor to compute your Feasible Distance for that path. This shows how the neighbor’s view of distance is directly fed into your decision process for the route. Administrative Distance, by contrast, is about how much you trust routes from different protocols and isn’t the metric carried in the update. Terms like Actual Distance or Average Distance aren’t used in this context.

In EIGRP, the metric value that a neighboring router includes in its updates to describe the distance to a destination is called Advertised Distance. This is the distance the neighbor believes to the destination, as it reports in its route advertisements. When you evaluate a route via that neighbor, you take the neighbor’s Advertised Distance and add your own distance to reach that neighbor to compute your Feasible Distance for that path. This shows how the neighbor’s view of distance is directly fed into your decision process for the route.

Administrative Distance, by contrast, is about how much you trust routes from different protocols and isn’t the metric carried in the update. Terms like Actual Distance or Average Distance aren’t used in this context.