Diagram illustrating Administrative Distance (AD) in Cisco networking with EIGRP (AD 90), OSPF (AD 110), and a table of default AD values for route sources.

What is Administrative Distance – Explain

In network environments, routers often receive multiple routes to the same destination from different sources, such as routing protocols (e.g., OSPF, EIGRP, RIP), static routes, or directly connected networks. To select the most trustworthy route, Cisco routers use Administrative Distance (AD), a critical concept in the Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) curriculum. This article explains AD’s… Read more

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