[nsp] maximum OSPF metric

[Marcus Keane]

I suppose it would be machine dependent... From what I gather the metric
attached to a path descriptor is an unsigned integer. So my guess would
be 4294967295 is your maximum. As I say, this is a guess. Those who know
better would be able to tell you.
Marcus.

 
-----Original Message-----
From: Rainer [mailto:bj at zuto.de] 
Sent: 10 January 2003 07:40
To: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net

Hello,

ok, the cost of each link must be <= 65535. But reading rfc2328 and
searching cisco.com I couldn't figure out how large the sum of all costs
(metric) for a path may get. I *guess* this might depend on the routing
platform.

Does anybody have an Idea what size did cisco reserve for the metric? 
Is there another place I should have looked at before posting?

Rainer

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