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<p><b>Administrative distance</b> (<b>AD</b>) or <b>route preference</b> is a number of <a href="page.php?w=arbitrary_unit">arbitrary unit</a> assigned to <a href="page.php?w=dynamic_route">dynamic route</a>s, <a href="page.php?w=static_route">static route</a>s and directly connected routes. The value is used in <a href="page.php?w=Router_%28computing%29">routers</a> to rank <a href="page.php?w=Routing">routes</a> from most preferred (low AD value) to least preferred (high AD value). When multiple paths to the same destination are available in its</p><p>
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