Specifications

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rip set default-metric

Purpose

Defines the metric used when advertising routes via RIP that were learned from other

protocols. If not specified, the default value is 16 (unreachable). This choice of values

requires you to explicitly specify a metric in order to export routes from other protocols

into RIP. This metric may be overridden by a metric specified in the export command.

Note:

The metric 16 is equivalent in RIP to “infinite” and makes a route unreachable.

You must set the default metric to a value other than 16 in order to allow the SSR

to export routes from other protocols such as OSPF and BGP-4 into RIP.

Format

rip set default-metric <num>

Mode

Configure

Description

The rip set default metric command defines the metric used when advertising routes via

RIP that were learned from other protocols.

Parameters

<num> Specifies the metric. Specify a number from 1 – 16. The default is 16.

Restrictions

None.