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On 11/26/06, Sergio Polini <sp_rm_it@×××××.it> wrote: |
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> I can just notice an astonishing difference between metrics: 25 under |
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> Windows, 2000 (!) under Linux. |
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The absolute value of an interface metric is meaningless, they only |
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matter in relation to other interface metrics active at the time. |
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They are used to decide between interfaces when a host can be reached |
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through more than one interface. So for example, if you have a dialup |
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connection as well as broadband, you would want the broadband |
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connection to have a lower metric than the dialup so that it is the |
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'preferred' interface. |
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What do "ifconfig wlan" and "iwconfig wlan" report for the fast and |
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slow states? And the host that you are pinging, is a remote internet |
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host or something local (like 192.168.2.1)? |
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-Richard |
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