User Guide

IP Configuration Screen
Local Management User’s Guide 1-47
5. Use the arrow keys to select I/F Area ID. Enter the I/F Area ID in dotted decimal notation
(000.000.000.000). When you have finished, use the arrow keys to select Router Priority.
6. Type in the number representing the router priority you desire. When you have finished, use the
arrow keys to select Retrans Interval. Enter the number of seconds of delay between
retransmission of link-state advertisements. When you have finished, use the arrow keys to
select Transmit Delay.
7. Type the number of seconds you wish to set for transmit delay. Transmit delay represents the
estimated number of seconds it takes to transmit a link-state update packet over this interface.
Link-state advertisements contained in the Link-state update packet will have their age
incremented by this amount before transmission. This value must take into account
transmission and propagation delays. When you have finished, use the arrow keys to select
Hello Interval.
8. Type the number of seconds that you wish to use for the Hello Interval. The Hello Interval is
the length of time in seconds between Hello packets that the router sends on this interface,
advertised in Hello packets sent out of this interface. When you have finished use the arrow
keys to select Poll Interval.
9. Type the number of seconds that you wish to use for Poll Interval. If a neighboring router has
become inactive (Hello packets have not been sent for [router dead] seconds, it may be
necessary to send Hello packets to the dead neighbor. The packets will be sent at a reduced rate
[Poll Interval}, which should be much larger than the Hello Interval. A typical Poll Interval for
an X.25 network is 120 seconds. When you have finished, use the arrow keys to select Router
Dead Interval.
10. Type the number of seconds that you wish to use for Router Dead Interval. Router Dead Interval
is the number of seconds before the router’s neighbors will declare it down, when they stop
hearing the router’s Hello packets. When you have finished entering the Router Dead Interval,
use the arrow keys to select SAVE. Press ENTER. The event message field at the top of the
screen displays “SAVED OK”.