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Re: Zero as ospfIfRetransInterval

Acee Lindem <acee@REDBACK.COM> Tue, 24 June 2003 12:51 UTC

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From: Acee Lindem <acee@REDBACK.COM>
Subject: Re: Zero as ospfIfRetransInterval
Comments: To: Daniel Joyal <djoyal@nortelnetworks.com>
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Hi Dan,

Daniel Joyal wrote:
> You're not allowed to change the syntax unless
> it's equivalent to the old syntax.

Even if the old syntax doesn't match the protocol
specification?


> So in this
> case, we would need to deprecate/obsolete.

Then I don't think it is worth defining
new MIB variables given that ospfIfTransitDelay,
ospfIfRetransInterval, ospfVirtIfTransitDelay, and
ospfVirtIfRetransInterval have served us thus far.

Other opinions are welcome.

Thanks,
Acee

>
> -Dan
>
>  > -----Original Message-----
>  > From: Acee Lindem [mailto:acee@redback.com]
>  > Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 11:35 PM
>  > To: Mailing List; Joyal, Daniel [BL60:NP30:EXCH]
>  > Subject: Re: Zero as ospfIfRetransInterval
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > Igor Miroshnik wrote:
>  > > All,
>  > >
>  > > Can anybody clarify the physical sense of assigning
>  > > ospfIfRetransInterval to zero? RFC1850 allows such an assignment.
>  >
>  > I believe UpToMaxAge should range from 1..3600 rather than 0..3600.
>  >
>  > Dan - can we change this in the MIB update without
>  > deprecating variables?
>  >
>  > >
>  > > Thanks
>  > >
>  >
>  >
>  > --
>  > Acee
>  >
>  >
>


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Acee

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