LevelOne GTL-2691 - Manual (Page 1460)

C HAPTER 49 | IP Routing Commands
Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
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distance This command defines an administrative distance for external routes
learned from other routing protocols. Use the no form to restore the
default setting.
S YNTAX
[no] distance distance network-address netmask [acl-name]
distance - Administrative distance for external routes. External
routes are routes for which the best path is learned from a neighbor
external to the local RIP autonomous system. Routes with a
distance of 255 are not installed in the routing table.
(Range: 1-255)
network-address - IP address of a route entry.
netmask - Network mask for the route. This mask identifies the
network address bits used for the associated routing entries.
acl-name - Name of the access control list. Any type of ACL can be
specified, including standard or extended IP ACLs and MAC ACLs.
(Range: 1-16 characters)
D EFAULT S ETTING
None
C OMMAND M ODE
Router Configuration
C OMMAND U SAGE
◆ Administrative distance is used by the routers to select the preferred
path when there are two or more different routes to the same
destination from two different routing protocols. A smaller
administrative distance indicates a more reliable protocol.
◆ An access list can be used to filter networks according to the IP address
of the router supplying the routing information. For example, to filter
out unreliable routing information from routers not under your
administrative control.
◆ The administrative distance is applied to all routes learned for the
specified network.
E XAMPLE
Console(config-router)#distance 2 192.168.3.0 255.255.255.0
Console(config-router)#