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Applying the default route policy to a VLAN

You can configure a VLAN to listen for a default route and/or supply a default route. You can also configure a VLAN to specify the metric (cost) of the default route, which will be advertised if the VLAN is configured to supply a default route.

To apply the default route policy to a VLAN:

  1. From the Device Manager, choose VLAN > VLANs.
    2. The VLAN dialog box opens with the Basic tab displayed.
  2. Select a VLAN ID that you want to configure.
    3. Several buttons at the bottom of the dialog box become active.
  3. Click the IP button.
    4. The IP, VLAN dialog box opens with the IP Address tab displayed.
  4. Click the DVMRP tab.
    5. The DVMRP tab opens and displays the DVMRP configuration options.
  5. Configure the default route policy for the selected VLAN as follows:.
    1. To set the VLAN to listen for a default route, click the DefaultListen check box.
      2. If you do not want the VLAN to listen for a default route, make sure the DefaultListen check box is not selected.
    2. To set the VLAN to supply only the default route, click the DefaultSupply check box.
      3. If you do not want the VLAN to supply only the default route, make sure that you do not select the DefaultSupply check box.
    3. To set the metric (cost) of the default route to be used when this switch advertizes this default route, enter the number of hops for DVMRP in the DefaultRouteMetric field; the range is 1 to 31.
  6. Click Apply to save the new configuration.
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