Neighbor Timers - Allied Telesis SwitchBlade x908 Series Software Reference Manual

neighbor timers

Use this command to set the timers for a specific BGP neighbor.
Use the no parameter with this command to clear the timers for a specific BGP neighbor
Syntax
neighbor <neighborid> timers {<keepalive>|<connect>}
no neighbor <neighborid> timers [<connect>]
Parameter
<neighborid>
<keepalive>
holdtime
<connect>
Router mode
Mode
Keepalive messages are sent by a router to inform another router that the BGP connection
Usage
between the two is still active. The keepalive interval is the period of time between each
keepalive message sent by the router. The holdtime interval is the time the router waits to
receive a keepalive message and if it does not receive a message for this period it declares the
neighbor dead.
Example
awplus(config-router)#
awplus(config-router)#
C613-50007-01 REV B
Description
{<ip-address>|<tag>}
<ip-
address>
<tag>
<0-65535> holdtime Frequency (in seconds) at which a router
sends keepalive messages to its neighbor. The default is 60 seconds
<0-65535> Interval (in seconds) after which, on not receiving a
keepalive message, the router declares a neighbor dead. The default is
180 seconds.
connect <1-65535> Specifies the connect timer in seconds.
awplus# configure terminal
awplus(config)# router bgp 12
neighbor 10.10.10.10 timers 60 120
neighbor 10.10.10.10 timers connect 10
Software Reference for SwitchBlade® x908, x900 and x600 Series Switches
TM
AlliedWare Plus Operating System - Software Version 5.3.1
The address of an IPv4 BGP neighbor, in dotted decimal
notation A.B.C.D.
Name of an existing peer-group. For information on how
to create peer groups, refer to the
group (adding a neighbor) command on page
38.75, and neighbor remote-as command on
page 38.79. When this parameter is used with a
command, the command applies on all peers in the
specified group.
BGP Commands
neighbor peer-
38.89