Quick Reference Guide

1220 OSPF Commands
Default Configuration
This command has no default configuration.
Command Mode
Router OSPF Configuration mode.
User Guidelines
This command has no user guidelines.
Example
The following example sets a value of 50 for the default metric.
console(config-router)#default-metric 50
distance ospf
The distance ospf command sets the preference values of OSPF route types
in the router. Lower route preference values are preferred when determining
the best route. The type of OSPF route can be intra, inter, external. All the
external type routes are given the same preference value. Use the no form of
this command to reset the preference values to the default.
Syntax
distance ospf {[ intra-area dist1 ] [ inter-area dist2 ] [ external dist3 ]}
no distance ospf
{ intra-area | inter-area | external }
• intra-area dist1 —Used to select the best path within an area when there
are two or more routes to the same destination from two different routing
protocols (Range: 1–255).
•
inter-area dist2 —Used to select the best path from one area to another
area when there are two or more routes to the same destination from two
different routing protocols (Range: 1–255).
•
external dist3 —Used to select the best path for routes from other routing
domains, learned by redistribution when there are two or more routes to
the same destination from two different routing protocols (Range: 1–255).
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