Well, since you are probably doing this either via the "default-information originate" command, or via the "redistribute static" command, its always going to be an AS-EXTERNAL route (inter-area), either type 1 or 2 (depending on what you configure as metric-type).
-- David Freedman Senior Network Engineer Netscalibur UK Limited Part of the Netscalibur Group (http://www.netscalibur.com) Email disclaimer can be viewed at - http://www.netscalibur.co.uk/email.html Since the route can never Simon Brilus wrote: > > Hi - Can anyone inform me, when a Cisco box (in the backbone) is configured > to inject a default route into 0.0.0.0, is that considered an intra-area > route or an inter-area route? > > Many thanks > > Simon Brilus > Bulldog Communications