List some examples of routing metrics that might be used to determine the best path for data.

What will be an ideal response?

Some examples of routing metrics used to determine the best path may include:Hop count (network segments crossed)Theoretical bandwidth and actual throughput on a potential pathDelay, or latency, on a potential path, which results in slower performanceLoad, or the traffic or processing burden sustained by a router in the pathMTU (maximum transmission unit), or the largest IP packet size in bytes allowable by routers in the path without fragmentation and excluding the frame size on the local networkRouting cost, or a value assigned to a particular route as judged by the network administrator; the more desirable the path, the lower its costReliability of a potential path, based on historical performanceThe topology of a network