CANOGA PERKINS 9175 Command Reference - Manual (Page 206)

CanogaOS Command Reference
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14.17 timers basic (RIP)
To adjust Routing Information Protocol (RIP) network timers, use the timers basic command in router
configuration mode. To restore the default timers, use the no form of this command.
Command Syntax
timers basic update timeout invalid
no timers basic
update Rate (in seconds) at which updates are sent. This is the fundamental timing
parameter of the routing protocol. The default is 30 seconds.
timeout Time (in seconds) after which a route is declared invalid without updates that
refresh the route. The route then enters into an invalid state and is not used for
forwarding packets. It is marked inaccessible and advertised as unreachable.
The default is 180 seconds.
invalid Time after which an invalid route is removed from RIP routing database. The
default is 120 seconds.
Default
No RIP network timers are adjusted.
Command Mode
Router configuration
Usage
The basic timing parameters for RIP are adjustable. Because RIP is executing a distributed,
asynchronous routing algorithm, these timers must be the same for all switches and access servers in
the network.
In addition, an address family can have explicitly specified timers that apply to that address-family only.
The timers basic command must be specified for an address family or the system defaults for the
timers basic command are used regardless of what is configured for RIP routing.
Examples
The following example sets updates to be broadcast every 5 seconds. If a switch is not heard from in 15
seconds, the route is declared unusable. And after 15 seconds the invalid route will be removed from
RIP routing database.
router rip
timers basic 5 15 15
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