Command Reference Guide

250 ● peer timer 3Com Router 5000 Family and Router 6000 Family
Command Reference
peer timer
Purpose Use the peer timer command to configure Keepalive and Holdtime intervals for a
peer (group).
Use the undo peer timer command to restore the default values.
Syntax peer { group-name | peer-address } timer keep-alive keepalive-interval
hold holdtime-interval
undo peer { group-name | peer-address } timer
Parameters group-name
Specifies the name of the peer group.
peer-address
Specifies the IP address of the peer.
keepalive-interval
Specifies the Keepalive interval (in seconds). Valid
values are 0 to 65535.
If no value is specified, the default value is 60 seconds.
holdtime-interval
Specifies the Holdtime interval (in seconds). Valid
values are 0 to 65535 seconds.
If no value is specified, the default value is 180
seconds.
Example Configure the Keepalive and Holdtime intervals of the peer group "test".
[3Com -bgp] peer test timer keep-alive 60 hold 180
View This command can be used in the following views:
■ BGP view
Description Use the peer timer command to configure Keepalive and Holdtime intervals for a
peer (group).
Use the undo peer timer command to restore the default values.
The timer configured by using this command has a higher priority than the one
configured by using the
timer command.