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Modifying a Virtual Link

You can modify or delete a virtual link by selecting the required entry in the table with your cursor and

pressing Enter. The screen will display configuration options as shown in the following example.

Parameter Default Description

Area ID

An identifier for the transit area the virtual link crosses.

Neighbor IP

The IP address of the OSPF router on this end of the virtual link.

Transit Delay

1 second

The estimated number of seconds it takes to transmit a link state

update packet over this virtual link. Range: 0-3600 seconds

Retransmit

Interval

5 seconds

The number of seconds between retransmitting link-state

advertisements to the router at the other end on the virtual link. This

value is also used when retransmitting database descriptions and

link-state request packets. Range: 0-3600 seconds

Hello Interval2

10 seconds

The interval, in seconds, between sending Hello packets out the router

interface. Range: 1-65535 seconds

Dead Interval2

40 seconds

The number of seconds that a router’s Hello packets have not been

seen before the router at the other end of the virtual link is declared

down. This should be a multiple of the Hello interval. Range: 1-65535

seconds

Authentication

Type

None

Authentication can be used to ensure that routing information comes

from a valid source. The options include none or a simple password.

Authentication

Key

A simple password must be provided if authentication is enabled. (An

authentication string is case sensitive, and can be up to 16 characters.)