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Chapter 46 Configuring Fallback Bridging
Configuring Fallback Bridging
To return to the default setting, use the no bridge bridge-group hello-time global configuration
command.
This example shows how to change the hello interval to 5 seconds in bridge group 10:
Switch(config)# bridge 10 hello-time 5
Changing the Forward-Delay Interval
The forward-delay interval is the amount of time spent listening for topology change information after
a port has been activated for switching and before forwarding actually begins.
Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to change the forward-delay interval. This
procedure is optional.
To return to the default setting, use the no bridge bridge-group forward-time global configuration
command.
This example shows how to change the forward-delay interval to 10 seconds in bridge group 10:
Switch(config)# bridge 10 forward-time 10
Step 4 show running-config Verify your entry.
Step 5 copy running-config startup-config (Optional) Save your entry in the configuration file.
Command Purpose
Command Purpose
Step 1 configure terminal Enter global configuration mode.
Step 2 bridge bridge-group forward-time
seconds
Specify the forward-delay interval.
For bridge-group, specify the bridge group number. The range is 1
to 255.
For seconds, enter a number from 4 to 200. The default is 20.
Step 3 end Return to privileged EXEC mode.
Step 4 show running-config Verify your entry.
Step 5 copy running-config startup-config (Optional) Save your entry in the configuration file.