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C

HAPTER

16: I

NTERNET

P

ROTOCOL

(IP)

The ranges for minimum advertisement interval depend on the set values
for maximum advertisement interval and the holdtime range depends on
the input values for both the maximum and minimum advertisement
intervals.

Options

Prompt

Description

Possible Values

[Default]

IP interfaces

Index number of the interfaces
for which you want to enable or
disable ICMP router discovery.

(Not applicable if you have more
than one interface)

One or more
selectable
interface indexes

all

? (for a list of
selectable
interface
indexes)

Current
value

Router
discovery state

Whether you want to implement
ICMP router discovery on an
interface. The system prompts
you for a state for each interface.

enabled

disabled

disabled,
or current
value

Preference

If you select

enabled

, the host

interprets an unsigned integer as
a 32-bit signed
twos-complement integer that
represents the preference level to
associate with the interface.
Higher values produce higher
preference levels. The minimum
value is reserved so that the
address is not used as a default
router address, only for specific
IP destinations.

minimum value
(hex 80000000)
-2

31

to 2

31

0

Maximum
advertisement
interval

Maximum interval between
advertisements.

4 – 1800 seconds

600

Minimum
advertisement
interval

Minimum interval between
advertisements.

3 – 600 seconds

450

Advertisement
holdtime

Length of time that
advertisements are held valid.

600 – 9000 seconds 1800