The GatewayCostMetric parameter assigns an value ranging from 1 to 9999, used to calculate fastest and most reliable routes. ...

The GatewayCostMetric parameter assigns an value ranging from 1 to 9999, used to calculate fastest and most reliable routes. The values of this parameter correspondence with the values in the DefaultIPGateway[] parameter. The default value for a gateway is 1. This parameter is for Windows 2000 only.