Planet Technology WGS3-2620, WGS3-404 Modifying a Virtual Link –

Modifying a Virtual Link –

You can modify or delete a virtual link by selecting the required entry in the table with your cursor and pressing Enter. The screen will display configuration options as shown in the following example.

Parameter	Default	Description
Area ID		An identifier for the transit area the virtual link crosses.
Neighbor IP		The IP address of the OSPF router on this end of the virtual link.
Transit Delay	1 second	The estimated number of seconds it takes to transmit a link state
		update packet over this virtual link. Range: 0-3600 seconds
Retransmit	5 seconds	The number of seconds between retransmitting link-state
Interval		advertisements to the router at the other end on the virtual link. This
		value is also used when retransmitting database descriptions and
		link-state request packets. Range: 0-3600 seconds
Hello Interval2	10 seconds	The interval, in seconds, between sending Hello packets out the router
		interface. Range: 1-65535 seconds
Dead Interval2	40 seconds	The number of seconds that a router’s Hello packets have not been
		seen before the router at the other end of the virtual link is declared
		down. This should be a multiple of the Hello interval. Range: 1-65535
		seconds
Authentication	None	Authentication can be used to ensure that routing information comes
Type		from a valid source. The options include none or a simple password.
Authentication		A simple password must be provided if authentication is enabled. (An
Key		authentication string is case sensitive, and can be up to 16 characters.)

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