Subject: [OSPF] Question to the field people

From: Anton Smirnov <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 15:39:44 +0200

Hi all,
    it should be pretty obvious where this question is coming from but ...
    I would appreciate if people using OSPF in their networks answered 
(privately, if you want) a simple question:

ISIS allows link metric to be in the range of 1-2^24 and path cost 
during SPF calculation 2^32.
OSPF uses costs of 2^16 and 2^24 respectively.
Was it ever considered as a limitation or serious factor affecting 
choice of IGP to usein the network?

Thanks,

Anton