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Example
default-information originate
This command generates a default external route into an autonomous
system. Use the no form to disable this feature.
Syntax
default-information originate [always] [metric interface-metric]
[metric-type metric-type]
no default-information originate
• always - Always advertise a default route to the local AS regardless of
whether the router has a default route. (See “ip route” on page 4-319.)
• interface-metric - Metric assigned to the default route.
(Range: 1-65535; Default: 10)
• metric-type - External link type used to advertise the default route.
(Options: Type 1, Type 2; Default: Type 2)
Command Mode
Router Configuration
Default Setting
Disabled
Command Usage
• The metric for the default external route is used to calculate the path cost
for traffic passed from other routers within the AS out through the
ASBR.
• When you use this command to redistribute routes into a routing domain
(i.e., an Autonomous System, this router automatically becomes an
Autonomous System Boundary Router (ASBR). However, an ASBR
does not, by default, generate a default route into the routing domain.
- If you use the always keyword, the router will advertise itself as a
default external route into the AS, even if a default external route does
not actually exist. (To define a default route, use the ip route
command.)
Console(config-router)#compatible rfc1583
Console(config-router)#