
Configuring and Customizing IP
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Using Site Manager
To specify the maximum length of time that advertised addresses are considered
valid by hosts, complete the following tasks:
Specifying Interface Preference
You can use the BCC or Site Manager to specify the preference value (a higher
number indicates more preferred) of the address as a default router address,
relative to other router addresses on the same subnet. The default value is 0.
Using the BCC
To specify the preference value of the address as a default router address, navigate
to a Router Discovery prompt on an IP interface (for example,
box; eth 2/2;
ip/2.2.2.2/255.255.0.0; rdisc
) and enter:
preference
<integer>
integer
is the metric value.
For example, the following command sets the preference value to 1 on interface
2.2.2.2:
rdisc/2.2.2.2#
preference 1
rdisc/2.2.2.2#
Site Manager Procedure
You do this System responds
1. In the Configuration Manager window,
choose
Protocols
.
The Protocols menu opens.
2. Choose
IP
. The IP menu opens.
3. Choose
Router Discovery
. The IP Router Discovery window opens.
4. Set the
Lifetime
parameter. Click on
Help
or see the parameter description on page
A-34.
5. Click on
Apply
, and then click on
Done
. You return to the Configuration Manager
window.
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