Re: Zero as ospfIfRetransInterval

Acee Lindem <acee@REDBACK.COM> Tue, 24 June 2003 03:37 UTC

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From: Acee Lindem <acee@REDBACK.COM>
Subject: Re: Zero as ospfIfRetransInterval
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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
>


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