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OmniAccess 5740 Unified Services Gateway CLI Command Reference Guide
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TIMERS BGP
timers bgp [<0-65535>|<0-65535>]
DESCRIPTION
This command is entered in the Router Configuration Mode. This command is
used to configure keepalive and holdtime interval.
These are global timers for BGP router. Keepalive and holdtime configured for a
neighbor take precedence.
PARAMETERS
DEFAULT VALUE
The default keepaalive interval is 60 seconds.
The default holdtime interval is 180 seconds.
EXAMPLE
ALU(config-router bgp AS30)# timer bgp 100 500
Parameter Description
0-65535 Keepalive interval: BGP sends keepalive message to its
neighbors after every keepalive seconds.
0-65535 Holdtime interval: If no keepalive message is received in
holdtime interval, BGP assumes that neighbor is dead.