Administrator Guide

Layer 3 Routing Commands 1807
User Guidelines
Only routers that actually have Internet connectivity should advertise a
default route. All other routers in the network should learn the default route
from routers that have connections out to the Internet.
Example
console(config-router)#default-information originate
default-metric
Use the default-metric command in Router RIP Configuration mode to set a
default for the metric of distributed routes. Use the no form of the command
to return the metric to the default value.
Syntax
default-metric number-value
no default-metric
• number-value — Metric for the distributed routes. (Range: 1-15)
Default Configuration
Default metric is not configured by default.
Command Mode
Router RIP Configuration mode.
User Guidelines
This command has no user guidelines.
Example
The following example sets a default of 12 for the metric of distributed
routes.
console(config-router)#default-metric 12