ip ospf cost

Last Updated : Nov 06, 2012 |

Statically configures the interface cost metric. Use no ip ospf cost to return to dynamic calculation of the cost.

Syntax

ip ospf cost cost

no ip ospf cost

Parameters

Parameter

Description

Possible Values

Default Value

cost

The price assigned to each interface for the purpose of determining the shortest path

1-65535

1

User level

read-write

Context

interface:Serial (DS1 PPP L2-L3, DS1 PPP L3, DS1 FR-SUB L2-L3, DS1 FR-SUB L3, USP PPP L2-L3, USP PPP L3), FastEthernet (L2-L3, L3, PPP L2-L3, PPP L3), VLAN (L2-L3, L3), Loopback (L2-L3, L3), Tunnel (L2-L3, L3), Dialer (L2-L3, L3)

Example

To set the cost metric for the VLAN 1 interface to 10:

Gxxx-001(if:Vlan 1)# ip ospf cost 10