3Com Switch 8800 Configuration Guide Chapter 21 BGP Configuration
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higher than the timer command that is used to configure timers for the whole BGP
peers.
Perform the following configuration in BGP view.
Table 21-7 Configure timer of a peer (group)
Operation Command
Configure keep-alive message interval
and hold timer of a peer (group)
peer { group-name | peer-address }
timer keep-alive keepalive-interval
hold holdtime-interval}
Restore the default value of keep-alive
message interval and hold timer of a
peer (group)
undo peer { group-name |
peer-address } timer
By default, the keep-alive message is sent every 60 seconds and the value of the hold
timer is 180 seconds.
VII. Configuring the interval at which route update messages are sent by a
peer group
Table 21-8 Configure the interval at which route update messages are sent by a peer
group
Operation Command
Configure the route update message
interval of a peer group
peer group-name
route-update-interval seconds
Restore the default route update
message interval of a peer group
undo peer group-name
route-update-interval
By default, the intervals at which route update messages are sent by an IBGP and
EBGP peer group are 5 seconds and 30 seconds respectively
21.2.3 Configuring application features of a BGP peer (group) I. Configuring to permit connections with EBGP peer groups on indirectly
connected networks
Generally, EBGP peers must be connected physically. Otherwise the command below
can be used to perform the configuration to make them communicate with each other
normally.
Perform the following configuration in BGP view.