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10.9.7  Virtual Link 
Choose the menu Routing→OSPF→Virtual Link to load the following page. 
 
Figure10-52 Virtual Link 
The following entries are displayed on this screen: 
  Virtual Link Creation 
Process ID:  Select the desired OSPF process for configuration. 
Transit Area ID: 
The ID of the transit area. Virtual links can be configured 
between any pair of area border routers having interfaces to a 
backbone) area. Here the common area is 
named Transit Area. 
Neighbor Router ID:  The router ID of the neighbor portion of a virtual link. 
  Virtual Link Table 
Select:  Select the desired item for configuration. It is multi-optional. 
Interface: 
Displays the virtual interface. When you create a virtual link, 
actually a virtual interface is created. 
Transit Area ID:  Displays the transit area ID of the virtual link. 
Neighbor Router ID:  Displays the neighbor router ID of the virtual link. 
Retransmit Interval:  The retransmit interval for the specified interface. Th
number of seconds between link-
state advertisements for 
adjacencies belonging to this router interface. This value is 
also used when retransmitting database descriptions and 
state request packets. The valid value ranges from 1 to 
65535 seconds and the default is 5 seconds. 
Hello Interval: 
The hello interval for the specified interface in seconds. This 
parameter must be the same for all routers attached to a 
network. The valid value ranges from 1 to 65535 seconds and 
the default is 10 seconds. 
Dead Interval: 
The dead interval for the specified interface in seconds. This 
specifies how long a router will wait to see a neighbor router's 
Hello packets before declaring that the router is down. This 
parameter must be the same for all routers attach
ed to a 
network. The valid value ranges from 1 to 65535 seconds and