Interfaces - MikroTik RouterOS v2.9 Reference Manual

To enable the OSPF protocol on the 10.10.1.0/24 network, and include it into the backbone area, do
the following:
[admin@MikroTik] routing ospf network> add area=backbone network=10.10.1.0/24
[admin@MikroTik] routing ospf network> print
Flags: X - disabled
# NETWORK
0 10.10.1.0/24
[admin@MikroTik] routing ospf>

Interfaces

Home menu level: /routing ospf interface
Description
This facility provides tools for additional in-depth configuration of OSPF interface specific
parameters. You do not have to configure interfaces in order to run OSPF
Property Description
authentication-key ( text ; default: "" ) - authentication key have to be used by neighboring
routers that are using OSPF's simple password authentication
cost ( integer : 1 ..65535 ; default: 1 ) - interface cost expressed as link state metric
dead-interval ( time ; default: 40s ) - specifies the interval after which a neighbor is declared as
dead. The interval is advertised in the router's hello packets. This value must be the same for all
routers and access servers on a specific network
hello-interval ( time ; default: 10s ) - the interval between hello packets that the router sends on the
interface. The smaller the hello-interval, the faster topological changes will be detected, but more
routing traffic will ensue. This value must be the same on each end of the adjancency otherwise the
adjacency will not form
interface ( name ; default: all ) - interface on which OSPF will run
• all - is used for the interfaces not having any specific settings
priority ( integer : 0 ..255 ; default: 1 ) - router's priority. It helps to determine the designated
router for the network. When two routers attached to a network both attempt to become the
designated router, the one with the higher router's priority takes precedence
retransmit-interval ( time ; default: 5s ) - time between retransmitting lost link state
advertisements. When a router sends a link state advertisement (LSA) to its neighbor, it keeps the
LSA until it receives back the acknowledgment. If it receives no acknowledgment in time, it will
retransmit the LSA. The following settings are recommended: for Broadcast network are 5 seconds
and for Point-to-Point network are 10 seconds
transmit-delay ( time ; default: 1s ) - link state transmit delay is the estimated time it takes to
transmit a link state update packet on the interface
Example
To add an entry that specifies that ether2 interface should send Hello packets every 5 seconds, do
the following:
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