Command Reference Guide

286 ● silent interface 3Com Router 5000 Family and Router 6000 Family
Command Reference
silent interface
Purpose Use the silent-interface command to disable an interface to transmit OSPF
packet.
Use the undo silent-interface command to restore the default setting.
Syntax silent-interface interface-type interface-number
undo silent-interface interface-type interface-number
Parameters interface-type
Specifies the interface type
interface-number
Specifies the interface number.
Default By default, the interface is enabled to transmit OSPF packet.
Example Disable interface serial2/0/0 to transmit OSPF packet.
[3Com -ospf-1] silent-interface serial2/0/0
Disable interface Ethernet2/0/0 to transmit OSPF packet in both OSPF process 100
and OSPF process 200.
[3Com ] router id 10.110.1.9
[3Com ] ospf 100
[3Com -ospf-100] silent-interface ethernet 2/0/0
[3Com -ospf-100] quit
[3Com ] router id 20.18.0.7
[3Com ] ospf 200
[3Com -ospf-200] silent-interface ethernet 2/0/0
View This command can be used in the following views:
■ OSPF view
Description You can use this command to disable an interface to transmit OSPF packet, so as to
prevent the router on some network from receiving the OSPF routing information.
Different processes can disable the same interface to transmit OSPF packet. While
silent-interface command only takes effect on the interface enabled with
OSPF by this process, being invalid for the interface enabled by other processes.