ADTRAN AOS Version R10.1.0 Command Reference Manual page 3023

Command Reference Guide
distance <number>
Use the distance command to set the administrative distance for Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
routes that are added to the route table. Use the no form of this command to set the RIP administrative
distance to the default value.
Syntax Description
<number>
Default Values
By default, the administrative distance for RIP routes is set to 120.
Command History
Release 15.1
Usage Examples
The following configuration sets the administrative distance to 109, which gives RIP routes a lower
administrative distance than open shortest path first (OSPF) routes:
(config)#router rip
(config-rip)#distance 109
Technical Review
Administrative distance is a feature that routers employ in order to select the most reliable path when there
are two or more routes to the same destination from two different routing protocols. Administrative distance
defines the reliability of a routing protocol by assigning a value (the smaller the value, the more trustworthy
the protocol) that is then used by the router to organize routing protocols according to reliability.
60000CRG0-35E
Specifies the new administrative distance. Range is 0 to 255.
Command was introduced.
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