Administrator Guide

Layer 3 Routing Commands 1680
Syntax
distance ospf {[intra-area dist1] [inter-area dist2] [external dist3]}
no distance ospf {intra-area | inter-area | external}
• intra-area dist1—Used to select the best path within an area when there
are two or more routes to the same destination from two different routing
protocols (Range: 1–255).
• inter-area dist2—Used to select the best path from one area to another
area when there are two or more routes to the same destination from two
different routing protocols (Range: 1–255).
• external dist3—Used to select the best path for routes from other routing
domains, learned by redistribution when there are two or more routes to
the same destination from two different routing protocols (Range: 1–255).
Default Configuration
The default preference value is 110 for dist1, dist2 and dist3.
Command Mode
Router OSPF Configuration mode.
Router OSPFv3 Configuration mode.
User Guidelines
There are no user guidelines for this command.
Examples
The following examples set route preference values of OSPF in the router.
console(config-router)#distance ospf intra 4
console(config-router)#distance ospf type1 19
distribute-list out
Use the distribute-list out command in Router OSPF Configuration mode to
specify the access list to filter routes received from the source protocol. Use
the no form of the command to remove the specified source protocol from
the access list.