Re: EIGRP K values

If K5 is set to it's default value (Which is zero), the last portion of the
formula (K5/K4+rel) will not come into play:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk365/technologies_white_paper09186a0080094cb7.shtml

On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 1:09 AM, Elias Chari <elias.chari_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes, the maths do not work out when you look at it that way. May be
> another
> way to represent the formula, which may make it easier to interpret would
> be:
>
> (a) For K5>0, the formula applied by the router is:
>
> EIGRP Metric = 256*((K1*Bw) + (K2*Bw)/(256-Load) +
> (K3*Delay)*(K5/(Reliability + K4)))
>
> (b) For K5=0, the formula applied by the router is:
>
> EIGRP Metric = 256*((K1*Bw) + (K2*Bw)/(256-Load) + (K3*Delay))
>
>
> On 7 October 2010 07:53, Narbik Kocharians <narbikk_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > If K5 is set to zero (Which is the default), then, the last section of
> the
> > formula (K5/(Reliability + K4) will not come into play.
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 9:18 PM, Piotr Malarski
> > <piotr.malarski.99_at_gmail.com>wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > What should be K values so only delay is used to calculate the metric ?
> > > OK, I know that the answer is 0 0 1 0 0 (K1,K2,K3,K4,K5) but this does
> > > not fit the Doc CD formula:
> > >
> > > EIGRP Metric = 256*((K1*Bw) + (K2*Bw)/(256-Load) +
> > > (K3*Delay)*(K5/(Reliability + K4)))
> > >
> > > If K3=1 and K4=K5=0 then the last section of the above formula equals
> > > 0 and Delay will not be considered at all:
> > >
> > > (1*Delay)*(0/(Reliability + 0)) = (1*Delay)*0 = 0
> > >
> > > Actually, if K values are 00100 then the whole metric equals zero. I
> > > thinks that my math is correct. Can someone please clarify ?
> > >
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