Re: OSPF Default Route

From: Alexei Monastyrnyi (alexeim73@gmail.com)
Date: Mon Jan 26 2009 - 11:33:12 ARST


Hi.

You can try a "default-metric 20" in router configuration mode.

That wouldn't violate the task I guess.

HTH,
A.

Nick wrote:
> Hi All
>
> Working through the IE Vol 1 Version 5 workbook I see this in the notes:
>
> "without additional arguments on the command the default route would have
> been advertised as a Type-2 External route with a metric of 20"
>
> I tested this out, but I see the metric as 1. Is 20 a mistake in the IE
> document or did I miss something?
>
> Rack1R6#show run | sec router ospf
> router ospf 1
> log-adjacency-changes
> network 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 area 0
> default-information originate always
>
> Rack1R4#show ip route ospf
> <...>
> O*E2 0.0.0.0/0 [110/1] via 155.1.146.6, 01:08:39, FastEthernet0/1
>
> Rack1R4#show ip ospf database external 0.0.0.0
>
> OSPF Router with ID (150.1.4.4) (Process ID 1)
>
> Type-5 AS External Link States
>
> Routing Bit Set on this LSA
> LS age: 344
> Options: (No TOS-capability, DC)
> LS Type: AS External Link
> Link State ID: 0.0.0.0 (External Network Number )
> Advertising Router: 150.1.6.6
> LS Seq Number: 80000003
> Checksum: 0x9577
> Length: 36
> Network Mask: /0
> Metric Type: 2 (Larger than any link state path)
> TOS: 0
> Metric: 1
> Forward Address: 0.0.0.0
> External Route Tag: 1

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