From: kevin gannon (kevin@gannons.net)
Date: Mon Oct 17 2005 - 14:15:48 GMT-3
Just looking at this command again and you would think that
it sets the maximum possible metric for the routes. It states
it sets them to 65535. This is not the max metric as you
can see from below:
SW2(config-if)#do sh ip rou 2.2.2.2
Routing entry for 2.2.2.2/32
Known via "ospf 1", distance 110, metric 131071, type inter area
Last update from 14.14.14.1 on FastEthernet0/14, 00:00:02 ago
Routing Descriptor Blocks:
* 14.14.14.1, from 123.123.123.2, 00:00:02 ago, via FastEthernet0/14
Route metric is 131071, traffic share count is 1
SW2(config-if)#
The metric is 131071. Any ideas why this might be the
case, I know its highly unlikey to get a cost higher that
65535 in real life. Its just someone in Cisco thought
up this value maybe its a safety mechanism just in
case the router might be able to route packets ?
Regards
Kevin
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