igrp routing

[vinguy51]

hai.... usually load is used as a metric for igrp routing.......while using load we are using the value range from 1 to 255 ,is there any specific reason for the values.....why we are using the range between 1 to 255.......please give me the brief explanation......thanks in advanz.........

[Will.Spencer]

255 is the greatest number that can be stored in two hexadecimal digits.

The hexadecimal number "FF" corresponds to the decimal number "255."

Many limits in computers correspond to hexadecimal numbers. FFFF is 65535, also known as 64k. That's another limit that you will see frequently.