In the RFCs, OSPF selects a path based on a single value called "cost", which is not defined to be a particular parameter or data. It is implementation dependent, so how IOS OSPF derives its cost may or may not be different from some other vendor's...

Meer,You are not "hot plugging" or "hot unplugging" the WIC cards, (in other words, removing and inserting them with the router powered up) are you?Also, your serial port numbers will change. You may already be compensating for this, but if you have ...

Rick,Actually, isn't the router itself a 'serial' to 'ethernet' converter? [GRIN]Two routers connected with a 'back-to-back' serial cable can indeed connect one ethernet network with another.John

Yes. I have done this very thing. Remember you have to set a "clock rate" on the serial interface on the DCE (2600 WIC-2T) end for the serial protocol to come up. Also the clock rate must not exceed the maximum speed of either port (if one port is...

I'm assuming you're talking about a normal 'access' port, not a trunk.That being the case, a layer 2 broadcast coming into that port is going to be limited to the VLAN that the port is configured to be in - only VLAN 20, in your example.There are som...