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Default: None (you must specify a value)

Range: Integer between 0 – 255

The hellointerval value must be the same for all OSPF routers.

routerdeadinterval specifies the time interval (in seconds) for which the Hello packets are not received from a router before it is considered down or inactive by its neighbors. This value must be a multiple of the hellointerval value.

Default: None (you must specify a value)

Range: 0 – 65535

The routerdeadinterval value must be the same for all OSPF routers.

You can use the password authkey to validate the protocol packets received on the router interface. The value can be 1 to 8 decimal digits separated by periods, a 1-byte to 8-byte hexadecimal string preceded by 0x, or a string of 1 to 8 characters in double quotes.

Default: None

Range: Up to 8 bytes

To set an authkey value, you must set the authtype clause to 1 or simple for the area. See “Authentication” on page 77 for more information on using OSPF authentication.

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