This object reports the IP address of the router from which this route originated, when that origin is external to this router, formatted per cEigrpRouteOriginAddrType. For a redistributed or externally-originated route, this is the specific address an admin traces back to find out exactly which router first introduced this route into EIGRP, useful when tracking down the source of an unexpected or problematic route. If a suspicious low-metric route appears in the topology table, an admin checking this object might discover it originated from a specific edge router doing redistribution, and could then go audit that router's redistribution configuration for a metric misconfiguration.