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t1-reply-timer seconds

t2-receive-ack-timer seconds

ti-inactivity-timer seconds

tw-transmit-window seconds

n2-max_retry

The maximum number of retries by LLC protocol. For example, N2 is the maximum number of times the LLC transmits an RR without receiving an acknowledgment when the inactivity timer expires. Default is 8. Minimum is 1. Maximum is 127.

n3-frames-rcvd-before-ack

This value is used with the T2 timer to reduce acknowledgment traffic for received I-frames. Set this counter to a speci®ed value. Each time an I-frame is received, this value is decremented. When this counter reaches 0 or the T2 timer expires, an acknowledgment is sent. Default is 1. Minimum is 1. Maximum is 255.

nw-acks-to-inc-ww

This ®eld is set to a default value of 1.

t1-reply-timer

This timer expires when the LLC fails to receive a required acknowledgment or response from the other LLC station. When this timer expires, an RR is sent with the poll bit set and T1 is started again. If the LLC receives no response after the con®gured maximum number of retries (N2), the link underneath is declared inoperative. Default is 1. Minimum is 1. Maximum is 256.

t2-receive-ack-timer

This timer is used to delay sending of an acknowledgment for a received I-format frame. This timer is started when an I-frame is received and reset when an acknowledgment is sent. If this timer expires, LLC2 sends an acknowledgment as soon as possible. Set this value so that it is less than that of T1. This insures that the remote LLC2 peer receives the delayed acknowledgment before the T1 timer expires. Default is 1 (100 ms). Minimum is 1. Maximum is 2560.

Note: If this timer is set to 1 (the default) it will not run (for example, n3-frames-rcvd-before-ack=1).

ti-inactivity-timer

This timer expires when the LLC does not receive a frame for a speci®ed time period. When this timer expires the LLC transmits an RR until the other LLC responds or the N2 timer expires. Default is 30 seconds. Minimum is 1 second. Maximum is 256 seconds.

tw-transmit-window

Sets the maximum number of I-frames that can be sent before receiving an

RR.Assuming that the other end of the LLC session can actually receive this many consecutive I-frames, and the router has enough heap memory to keep copies of these frames until an acknowledgment is received, increasing this value may increase the throughput. Default is 2. Minimum is 1. Maximum is 127.

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