ommand: router rip version 2 redistribute static network 10.0.0.0 default-metric 3 no auto-summary Here, the default metric is set to 3. If you set a default metric as shown here, you don't need to include a metric when you use the redistribute static command. The router will automatically assign the default metric you've specified to all redistributed static routes. You can see a protocol's default metric with the show ip protocols command: R2#sho ip protocols Routing Protocol is "rip" Sending updates every 30 seconds, next due in 2 seconds Invalid after 180 seconds, hold down 180, flushed after 240 Outgoing update filter list for all interfaces is not set Incoming update filter list for all interfaces is not set Default redistribution metric is 3 Redistributing: static, rip Default version control: send version 2, receive version 2 Automatic network summarization is not in effect Maximum path: 4 Routing for Networks: 10.0.0.0 Routing Information Sources: Gateway Distance Last Update Distance: (default is 120) Be careful with default metrics, because they apply to all routes redistributed into the routing protocol, regardless of the source. If you now redistribute EIGRP into RIP, the metric assigned in RIP will be 3 because that is the configured default. You can override the default metric by specifying a metric on each redistribute command. Here, I have specified a default metric of 5, but I've also configured EIGRP routes to have a metric of 1 when redistributed into RIP: router rip version 2 redistribute static redistribute eigrp 100 metric 1 network 10.0.0.0 default-metric 5 no auto-summary Here is the routing table on R3 after the final configuration on R2: R3#sho ip route [text removed] Chapter 11: Redistribution Gateway of last resort is not set 192.192.192.0/30 is subnetted, 1 subnets 192.192.192.4 is directly connected, Serialo/o 50.0.0.0/24 is subnetted, 1 subnets 50.50.50.0 [120/5] via 10.20.20.1, 00:00:07, Ethernet1/0 10.0.0.0/24 is subnetted, 2 subnets 10.10.10.0 [ 120/1] via 10.20.20.1, 00:00:10, 