Distance (Eigrp) - Cisco Nexus 3548 Command Reference Manual

Chapter Unicast Routing Commands

distance (EIGRP)

To allow the use of two administrative distances—internal and external—for the Enhanced Interior
Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP) that could provide a better route to a node, use the distance
command. To return to the default setting, use the no form of this command.
Syntax Description
internal-distance
external-distance
Command Default internal-distance: 90
external-distance: 170
Command Modes Address-family configuration mode
Router configuration mode
Router VRF configuration mode
Command History Release
5.0(3)A1(1)
Usage Guidelines An administrative distance is a rating of the trustworthiness of a routing information source, such as an
individual router or a group of routers. Numerically, an administrative distance is an integer from 0 to
255. In general, a higher value indicates a lower trust rating. An administrative distance of 255 means
that the routing information source cannot be trusted and should be ignored.
Use the distance command if another protocol is known to provide a better route to a node than was
actually learned through the external EIGRP or some internal routes should be preferred by EIGRP.
This command requires the LAN Base Services license.
Examples This example shows how to set the administrative distance of all EIGRP 1 internal routes to 80 and all
EIGRP external routes to 130:
switch# configure terminal
switch(config)# router eigrp 1
switch(config-router)# distance 80 130
OL-27852-01
distance internal-distance external-distance
no distance
Administrative distance for EIGRP internal routes. Internal routes are
routes that are learned from another entity within the same autonomous
system (AS). The distance can be a value from 1 to 255. The default value
is 90.
Administrative distance for EIGRP external routes. External routes are
routes for which the best path is learned from a source external to this
autonomous system. The distance can be a value from 1 to 255. The default
value is 170.
Modification
This command was introduced.
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