Meaning of "show protocols" output

[Arnold Nipper]

On 04.02.2013 11:21, Ondrej Zajicek wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 06:09:04PM +0100, Arnold Nipper wrote:
>> Does anyone know what "preferred" in the context of
> 
> Number of imported routes that are chosen in routing tables as best.
> 
> Note that contrary to 'imported' counter, in 'preferred' counter a
> route is counted once for each routing table where it is best.
> 

Understand ...

Q: what is this information useful for? Clearly imported <= preferred
and the bigger the difference the more often a route shows up as best in
other tables resp. the more routes show up as best in other table(s)



TIA
Arnold
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