From: Frank Jimenez (franjime@xxxxxxxxx)
Date: Fri Mar 02 2001 - 03:20:32 GMT-3
Chuck,
As fate would have it, I was just pondering the same thing at a customer site a
few days ago.
The answer is a), given that the routes are both for the same destination.
From: http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/104/3.html under the heading 'E1 vs. E2
External Routes'
"A type 1 route is always preferred over a type 2 route for the same destinatio
n."
Frank Jimenez, CCIE #5738
franjime@cisco.com
At 10:06 PM 03/01/2001 -0800, you wrote:
>A less fun reprise of my once famous Friday Follies questions:
>
>Given the following information, which route will ospf prefer, and therefore
>place into the routing table?
>
>a) E1 ( external type 1 ) with a cost of 84
>b) E2 ( external type 2 ) with a cost of 20
>
>For extra credit - why?
>( I don't know either and I can't find a good explanation on the doc CD )
>( but this time I have traces and captures to prove the point )
>
>Chuck
>----------------------
>I am Locutus, a CCIE Lab Proctor. Xx_Brain_dumps_xX are futile. Your life as
>it has been is over ( if you hope to pass ) From this time forward, you will
>study US!
>( apologies to the folks at Star Trek TNG )
>
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