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Cyclades-PR1000
Chapter 9 - Routing Protocols 71
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Parameter Description
Retransmit Interval
in Seconds*
Time in seconds between link-state advertisement retransmissions for adjacencies
belonging to this interface.
Hello Interval in
Seconds*
Time in seconds between the hello packets on this interface.
Dead Interval in
Seconds*
Inactivity time (seconds) before a neighbor router is considered down.
Poll Interval in
Seconds
Time in seconds between the hello packets sent to an inactive, non-broadcast, multi-
access neighbor.
Password* String of up to 8 characters used to authenticate OSPF packages. The use of this
password is enabled in CONFIG
=>IP=>OSPF=>AREA=>AUTHENTICATION TYPE
Metric Defines the cost for normal service. For consistent routing, this parameter should be
determined in the same manner for all routers in the OSPF Area. Normally, metric cost
is defined as an inverse function of interface throughput (e.g. 1 for 100Mbps, 10 for
10Mbps, 65 for T1, 1785 for 56kbps, etc).
Advertise Secondary
IP Address
Causes the router to advertise additional addresses assigned to this interface. These
are configured in CONFIG => INTERFACE =><LINK> =>NETWORK PROTOCOL =>IP.
* Inside a given area, these 4 parameters should be the same for all routers.