When a router learns multiple routes to the same destination network through the same routing protocol, which component does it use to determine the preferred path?
Next hop
Administrative distance
Prefix length
Metric
The router uses the metric to determine the preferred path among multiple routes learned via the same routing protocol. The metric is a value that represents the cost or distance to reach a destination; lower metrics indicate more preferred paths. Administrative distance is used to compare routes from different routing protocols, not within the same protocol. Prefix length is relevant when routes have different network masks, but in this case, the destinations are the same. Next hop refers to the immediate next router in the path and does not influence the selection among multiple paths learned from the same protocol.
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