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LevelOne GTL-2691 User Manual

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Configuring the Open Shortest Path First Protocol (Version 2)

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Advertise Default Route

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– The router can advertise a default

external route into the autonomous system (AS). (Options: Not Always,

Always; Default: Not Always)

Always – The router will advertise itself as a default external route

for the local AS, even if a default external route does not actually

exist. (To define a default route, see

"Configuring Static Routes" on

page 633

.)

NotAlways – It can only advertise a default external route into the

AS if it has been configured to import external routes through RIP

or static routes, and such a route is known. (See

"Redistributing

External Routes" on page 687

.)

External Metric Type

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– The external link type used to advertise the

default route. Type 1 route advertisements add the internal cost to the

external route metric. Type 2 routes do not add the internal cost

metric. When comparing Type 2 routes, the internal cost is only used as

a tie-breaker if several Type 2 routes have the same cost.

(Default: Type 2)

Default External Metric

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– Metric assigned to the default route.

(Range: 0-16777215; Default: 20)
The metric for the default external route is used to calculate the path

cost for traffic passed from other routers within the AS out through the

ASBR.
Redistribution of routing information from other protocols is controlled

by the Redistribute function (see

page 687

).

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To configure general settings for OSPF:

1.

Click Routing Protocol, OSPF, System.

2.

Select Configure from the Action list.

3.

Select a Process ID, and then specify the Router ID and other global
attributes as required. For example, by setting the Auto Cost to 10000,

the cost of using an interface is set to 10 for Gigabit ports, and 1 for 10

Gigabit ports.

4.

Click Apply