Re: OSPF - Default information originate metric

From: Bogdan Georgescu (bogdan.alexandru.georgescu@gmail.com)
Date: Tue Feb 17 2009 - 09:17:32 ARST


You're right, the correct value can be found in IOS 12.3 cmd reference.

Thank you.

On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 12:53 PM, Alexei Monastyrnyi
<alexeim73@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Bogdan.
>
> There was a discussion about it on GS in January. 10 is a typo, 1 is a
> correct one for default information originate instruction..
>
> HTH,
> A.
>
> Bogdan Georgescu wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> In order to generate a default external route into OSPF you use the
>> default-information originate command. According to the IP Routing
>> Protocols Command Reference the default value of the metric argument
>> is 10, but the IOS doesn't seem to agree with that.
>>
>> R0(config-router)#do sh run | s ospf
>> router ospf 10
>> log-adjacency-changes
>> network 10.0.0.0 0.0.0.255 area 0
>> default-information originate always
>> R0(config-router)#do sh ip ospf data ex
>>
>> OSPF Router with ID (100.100.100.100) (Process ID 10)
>>
>> Type-5 AS External Link States
>>
>> LS age: 8
>> Options: (No TOS-capability, DC)
>> LS Type: AS External Link
>> Link State ID: 0.0.0.0 (External Network Number )
>> Advertising Router: 100.100.100.100
>> LS Seq Number: 80000006
>> Checksum: 0x1003
>> 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: 10
>>
>> Does anyone know why the metric is shown as 1 here?
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
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