CLI Reference Guide

OSPF Commands 1219
2 External type-2 route.
Default Configuration
The default configuration is no default-information originate. The default
metric is none and the default type is 2.
Command Mode
Router OSPF Configuration mode.
User Guidelines
The only routers that actually have Internet connectivity should advertise a
default route. All other routers in the network should learn the default route
from the routers that have connections to the Internet. The edge router
should also have a static default route configured with an upstream ISP router
as the destination. The always keyword will cause the router to advertise a
default route to its neighbors, even if no valid default route is known.
Example
The following example always advertises default routes.
console(config-router)#default-information originate always metric 100
metric-type 1
default-metric
Use the default-metric command in Router OSPF Configuration mode to set
a default for the metric of distributed routes. Use the no form of the
command to remove the metric from the distributed routes. If the area has
not been previously created, it is created by this command. If the area already
exists, the default-metric information is added or modified.
Syntax
default-metric metric-value
no default-metric
• metric-value — The metric (or preference) value of the default route.
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