Que 235

FD is the local cost to the destination network.To reach a destination you route packets via a next-hop router i.e. down stream router or in eigrp terminology,the successor.The downstream router also has a local cost i.e. FD to reach the destination.When a downstream router advertises its FD to an upstream router,this advertised FD is known as the AD on the upstream router. So basically to get to network x my local cost is 5 i.e. my FD is 5, my next hop router B who advertises this network is closer to the destination x and has a FD of 3.When an update arrives from B with a cost of 3 this is know locally as the AD,the cost configured on the interface connected to B is 2,so adding the AD and the cost of the link to B i get the FD of 5. FD=fiasable distance AD=advertise distance AD = distance from the neighbor router to the destiny FD = AD+the cost between your router and his neighbor is simple as that Simple example R1---------R2--------R3---------R4 Cost from R1 to R2 is 4 Cost from R2 to R4 is umm 8 so AD is 8 cause is the cost from the neighbor of R1 to destiny FD = 4+8=12 in this example i just gave you a uniroute from R1 to R4 but normally there will be many routes with many differets FD, the router pick the one with lower FD and put it in the routing table. [/b]