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default-information originate

Use this command to generate 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-typemetric-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 3-128.)
•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 th e 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.)
-If you do not use the always keyword, the router can only advertise
a default external route into the AS if the redistribute command is