An administrator notices that traffic from Router A to a remote network prefers one path over another, even though both are viable options. If the chosen path has a lower numerical value assigned by the routing protocol compared to the other path, what is the most likely reason for this preference?
The chosen path has a higher bandwidth.
The chosen path has a lower metric.
The chosen path has a lower administrative distance.
Routers use metrics assigned by routing protocols to select the best path when multiple routes to the same destination are available. A lower metric value indicates a more preferred route. Thus, if the chosen path has a lower metric, the router will select it over others with higher metrics. Administrative distance determines the trustworthiness of different routing sources, not path selection within the same protocol. While bandwidth can influence the metric calculation, it is the resulting metric that determines the path choice. Prefix length affects route selection when routes have different specificities, but in this case, both paths are to the same network.
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