Users Guide

Layer 3 Routing Commands 1835
Example
console(config-router)#auto-summary
default-information originate (Router RIP
Configuration)
Use the default-information originate command in Router RIP
Configuration mode to control the advertisement of default routes.
Syntax
default-information originate
no default-information originate
Default Configuration
The default configuration is no default-information originate.
Command Mode
Router RIP Configuration mode.
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