Command Reference Guide

3Com Router 3000 Ethernet Family
Command Reference Guide
Chapter 2 RIP Configuration Commands
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Example
# Set RIP version on the interface serial1/0/0 as RIP-2 and disable the route
summarization function.
[3Com ] interface serial1/0/0
[3Com -serial1/0/0] rip version 2
[3Com -serial1/0/0] quit
[3Com ] rip
[3Com -rip] undo summary
2.1.28 timers
Syntax
timers { update update-timer-length | timeout timeout-timer-length } *
undo timers { update | timeout } *
View
RIP view
Parameter
update-timer-length: Period update value, measured in seconds ranging from 1 to 3600.
The default value is 30 seconds.
timeout-timer-length: Timeout value, measured in seconds ranging from 1 to 3600. The
default value is 180 seconds.
Description
Use the timers command to modify value for the three timers, Period update, Timeout
and Garbage-collection, of RIP.
Use the undo timers command to restore the default setting.
The default values of timer Period update, Timeout and Garbage-collection are
respectively 30s, 180s and 120s.
Usually, the timing length of timer Garbage-collection is fixedly 3 times longer than that
of timer Period update. However, in practice, an unreachable route will not be
completely deleted until the fourth update packet sent from the same neighbor is
received. So the actual timing length of timer Garbage-collection is as 3 to 4 times as
that of timer Period update. Additionally, the modification on timer Period update will
affect timer Garbage-collection.
The modified value of RIP timers will take effect immediately.
Related command: display rip.