interface tunnel mode

Description

Use the interface tunnel mode command to configure the encapsulation mode for this tunnel as either GRE or UDP.

Use the no form of this command to reset the mode for this tunnel to its default.

Syntax

interface tunnel <tunnel name> mode {gre | udp}

no interface tunnel <tunnel name> mode

Arguments

<tunnel name>	Specifies the name for this tunnel.
mode gre	Specifies the Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) mode.
mode udp	Specifies the User Datagram Protocol (UDP) mode

Defaults

The default mode is gre.

Command Mode

Global Configuration Mode

See Also

See the following related commands:

n	“interface tunnel gre-protocol”

n	“interface tunnel ipsec”

n	“interface tunnel revert”

n	“interface tunnel udp-flow”

n	“interface tunnel udp-port”

n	“show interfaces tunnel”

Usage Guidelines

None.

Examples

To configure the tunnel, Paris_London, for UDP mode:

(config) # interface tunnel Paris_London mode udp

To reset the tunnel, Paris_London, to the default mode, GRE:

(config) # no interface tunnel Paris_London mode

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