Well, I looked through my documents and the release notes and could not find it either. It sounds like someone needs to notify the technical writers they missed something. [Yo! Kevin!] I can provide an educated guess that these are the Preference and Metric to use for the route when the connection is down (not connected). It would appear that the default [up] Preference is 60 and the default DownPreference is 120. The default [up] Metric is 1 and the default DownMetric is 7. > What does the 120 value mean? ...what does the 7 signify? Check the meaning of the Preference and Metric parameters in the Reference Manual for your Pipeline. The Preference is the "reliability" of the information associated with the route. Routes learned from more reliable sources (or more desirable routes) have a lower preference (and are therefore more preferable). Basically, if there is more than one source of information about a route (interface config, static route, RIP) the router will update the routing table with the information provided by the source whose preference is closer to zero. The Metric is the cost of using the link [in hops] - the higher the Metric, the higher the cost. If there are two routes to the same destination, the packets will travel route with the lowest cost [Metric]. ++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++ To unsubscribe: send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request@bungi.com To get FAQ'd: <<A HREF="http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq">http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq</A>> </PRE> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <STRONG>Follow-Ups</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A HREF="msg09467.html">(ASCEND) Modem 7:8 bad last 8 calls</A></STRONG></LI> <UL> <LI><EM>From</EM>: ttt@harborside.com</LI> </UL> <LI><STRONG><A HREF="msg09452.html">Re: (ASCEND) Pipeline 50 Q.</A></STRONG></LI> <UL> <LI><EM>From</EM>: Kevin Smith <kevin@ascend.com></LI> </UL> <LI><STRONG><A HREF="msg09410.html">Re: (ASCEND) Pipeline 50 Q.</A></STRONG></LI> <UL> <LI><EM>From</EM>: nolan@cp-tel.net (Nolan W. Bailey, Jr.)</LI> </UL> </UL> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <HR> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg09409.html">Re: (ASCEND) caller-id on POTS port of new P75</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg09407.html">Re: (ASCEND) caller-id on POTS port of new P75</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg09404.html">(ASCEND) Pipeline 50 Q.</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg09410.html">Re: (ASCEND) Pipeline 50 Q.</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="mail25.html#09408"><STRONG>Main</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thrd163.html#09408"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> </BODY> </HTML>