Default Gateway Metric


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UnRAID v6.11.1

 

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It's been a long time since I've messed with my network config on VOID and I noticed my gateway metric was statically set at 209 and I honestly can't remember why. If I clear out 209 and let UnRAID determine its metric it sets it too a whopping 1118?

 

I've read that the metric is the calculated "cost" of using the route so why is mine so high? there are no other hops between the server and router.

 

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On my other server letting UnRAID determine the metric just sets it at 1, which is what I would expect here since I don't have any other gateways or static routes set, right? Should I just statically set VOID's metric at 1? Are there any adverse affects if its calculated high?

 

EDIT: Statically setting it to 1 doesn't seem to change anything so I guess it's fine but I'd still like to know why it auto determines the metric to be so high? It's behind a pfsense router if that's a clue...

Edited by weirdcrap
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