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Maximum route metric on Linux

Ever wondered what is the maximum route metric value you can configure on Linux? man interface and man ip state that route metric is a number, but don’t specify its range. # ip route add 192.168.113.0/24 via 10.0.10.1 metric 0 # ip route add 192.168.113.0/24 via 10.0.10.1 metric 4294967295 # ip route add 192.168.113.0/24 via 10.0.10.1 metric 4294967296 Error: argument…