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no default-information originate Default Configuration
• always —Allows BGP to originate a default route even if the common
routing table has no default route.
Default Configuration
By default BGP does not originate a default route. If a default route is
redistributed into BGP, BGP does not advertise the default route unless the
default-information originate command has been given. The always option is
disabled by default.
Command Mode
BGP Router Configuration mode
User Guidelines
Origination of the default route is not subject to a prefix filter configured
with the distribute-list out command.
Command History
Introduced in version 6.2.0.1 firmware.
Example
console(config-router)#default-information originate
default-information originate (IPv6 Address
Family Configuration)
Use this command in IPv6 Address Family Config mode to allow BGP to
originate an IPv6 default route.
Syntax
default-information originate [ always ]
no default-information originate Default Configuration
• always —Allows BGP to originate a default route even if the common
routing table has no default route.
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