Timers - 3Com 8807 Command Reference Manual

RIP Configuration Commands 411
By default, RIP-2 route summarization is used.
Automatic route summarization can be performed to reduce the routing traffic on
the network as well as to reduce the size of the routing table. If RIP-2 is used,
route summarization function can be disabled with the undo summary
command, when it is necessary to broadcast the subnet route.
RIP-1 does not support subnet mask. Forwarding subnet route may cause
ambiguity. Therefore, RIP-1 uses route summarization all the time. Thus, the undo
summary command does not take effect on RIP-1.
Related command: rip version.
Example
# Set RIP version on the interface Vlan-interface 10 to RIP-2 and disable the route
summarization function.
[SW8800] interface Vlan-interface 10
[3Com-Vlan-interface10] rip version 2
[3Com-Vlan-interface10] quit
[SW8800] rip
[3Com-rip] undo summary

timers

Syntax
timers { update update-timer-length | timeout timeout-timer-length } *
undo timers { update | timeout } *
View
RIP view
Parameter
update-timer-length: Value of the Period Update timer, ranging from 1 to 3600
seconds. By default, it is 30 seconds.
timeout-timer-length: Value of the Timeout timer, ranging from 1 to 3600
seconds. By default, it is 180 seconds.
Description
Use the timers command to modify the values of the three RIP timers: Period
Update, Timeout, and Garbage-collection.
Use the undo timers command to restore the default settings.
By default, the values of Period Update, Timeout, and Garbage-collection timers
are 30 seconds, 180 seconds, and 120 seconds respectively.
Generally, it is regarded that the value of Garbage-collection timer is fixed to four
times of that of Period Update timer. Adjusting Period Update timer will affect
Garbage-collection timer.
The modification of RIP timers is validated immediately.
Related command: display rip.