Specifications

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Chapter 8: dvmrp Commands
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dvmrp set interface
Purpose
Configure various DVMRP parameters on an interface.
Format
dvmrp set interface
<ipAddr>
|
<hostname>
[
metric
<num>
]
[neighbor-timeout
<seconds>
] [prunetime
<seconds>
] [
rate
<num>
]
[scope
<num>
] [
threshold
<num>
]
Mode
Configure
Description
The
dvmrp
set
interface
command sets DVMRP parameters on an IP interface.
Parameters
<ipAddr>
|
<hostname>
IP address or hostname of the interface on which you
are configuring DVMRP parameters.
metric
<num>
The metric (cost) of this interface. Specify a number in
the range 1 – 16.
neighbor-timeout
<num>
The number of seconds after which the SSR will con-
sider the neighbor to be down. Specify a number in the
range 40 – 400. The default is 35.
Note:
If you have some old routers, this value
should be increased to accommodate them
because they don't have to send routing
updates at 40-second intervals.
prunetime
<seconds>
The multicast prunetime of this interface. Specify a
number in the range 300 – 7200. The default is 3600
(one hour).
rate
<num>
The multicast rate of this interface in kbps. Specify a
number in the range 1 – 10000. The default is 500.
Note:
The option applies only to tunnels.
scope
<IPaddr/mask>
The multicast scope of this interface. The purpose of
this option is to disallow the groups specified by a