Re: Zero as ospfIfRetransInterval

Daniel Joyal <djoyal@NORTELNETWORKS.COM> Tue, 24 June 2003 12:05 UTC

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From: Daniel Joyal <djoyal@NORTELNETWORKS.COM>
Subject: Re: Zero as ospfIfRetransInterval
Comments: To: Acee Lindem <acee@redback.com>
To: OSPF@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM
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You're not allowed to change the syntax unless
it's equivalent to the old syntax. So in this
case, we would need to deprecate/obsolete.

-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
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> Igor Miroshnik wrote:
> > All,
> >
> > Can anybody clarify the physical sense of assigning
> > ospfIfRetransInterval to zero? RFC1850 allows such an assignment.
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> I believe UpToMaxAge should range from 1..3600 rather than 0..3600.
>
> Dan - can we change this in the MIB update without
> deprecating variables?
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> >
> > Thanks
> >
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> --
> Acee
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