Re: Zero as ospfIfRetransInterval

[Eric Gray <[e-mail]>]

Acee,

    Why would it be wrong to set a retransmit interval to zero?  Usually,
setting a retransmit interval to zero would have the special meaning that
retransmission does not occur (i.e. - the interval is infinite).  Is that not
an intended meaning in this case?

Acee Lindem wrote:

> Manral, Vishwas wrote:
> > Hi Acee,
> >
> > If we do not intend to define new variables, we may want to at least put the
> > limitation of 0, in the object description in the MIB.
>
> Hi Vishwas,
>
> That sounds like a good idea since any implementation that allows
> write access to set the variables to 0 is broken.
>
> Thanks,
> Acee
>
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Vishwas
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Acee Lindem [mailto:[e-mail]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 18:16
> > To: [e-mail]
> > Subject: Re: Zero as ospfIfRetransInterval
> >
> >
> > 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:[e-mail]]
> >> > 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
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >
> >
> > --
> > Acee
> >
>
> --
> Acee