Exam Code 642-801 (BSCI)

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Q8. The OSPF path cost in Cisco routers is calculated using which parameters?

                A. Bandwidth, Number of Hops

                B. Bandwidth only

                C. Ticks

                D. Bandwidth, MTU, Reliability, Delay, and Load.

Ans: B

Explanation:  

In general, the path cost in OSPF network is calculated using bandwidth only. The formula used is [10⁸ / Bandwidth]. For example, the cost of a 56kbps serial link is 1785. The default cost of a 10mbps Ethernet is 10.

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