OSPF Cost Value Limited to 32767 (234140)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
This article was previously published under Q234140

SYMPTOMS

You cannot define an Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) Cost value above 32,767 in the Routing and Remote Access Services tool.

CAUSE

The control used to set this value cannot assign a value greater than 32,767.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

OSPF is a link-state routing protocol defined in RFC 1583 and RFC 2328. Per the RFCs, the highest cost for the Cost value should be 65,535. For additional information, see the "OSPF Version 2" section in RFC 2328.

For information about obtaining RFCs, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

185262 How to Obtain Request for Comments Documents from the Internet

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/13/2003
Keywords:kbenv kbprb kbui KB234140
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