Reference Guide

1236 | Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
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default-information originate
c e s
Generate a default route for the RIP traffic.
Syntax
default-information originate [always] [metric metric-value] [route-map map-name]
To return to the default values, enter
no default-information originate.
Parameters
Defaults
Disabled
metric: 1
Command Modes
ROUTER RIP
Command
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Usage
Information
The default route must be present in the switch routing table for the default-information
originate
command to take effect.
default-metric
c e s
Change the default metric for routes. Use this command with the redistribute command to
ensure that all redistributed routes use the same metric value.
Syntax
default-metric number
To return the default metric to the original values, enter no default-metric.
Parameters
Default
1
always
(OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword always to enable the switch
software to always advertise the default route.
metric metric-value (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword metric followed by a number as
the metric value.
Range: 1 to 16
Default: 1
route-map map-name (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword route-map followed by the name
of a configured route-map.
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number
Specify a number.
Range: 1 to 16.
The default is 1.