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Modifying the Outgoing Metric

If you have included the export statement, RIP exports routes it has learned to the neighbors configured with the neighbor statement.

The metric associated with a RIP route (unless modified by an export policy) is the normal RIP metric. For example, a RIP route with a metric of 5 learned from a neighbor configured with a metric-in value of 2 is advertised with a combined metric of 7 when advertised to RIP neighbors in the same group. However, if this route was learned from a RIP neighbor in a different group or from a different protocol, the route is advertised with the metric value configured for that group with the metric-out statement. The default value for metric-out is 1.

The metric for a route may be modified with an export policy. That metric is seen when the route is exported to the next hop.

To increase the metric for routes advertised outside a group, include the metric-out statement:




metric-out metric;

For a list of hierarchy levels at which you can configure this statement, see the statement summary section for this statement.

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