timers rip

Function

The timers rip command sets RIP timer values.

The undo timers rip command restores the default RIP timers.

The timers rip command is a configuration recovery command, which takes effect only when the configuration is recovered.

By default, timers adopt default values.

Format

timers rip update age suppress garbage-collect

undo timers rip

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Value
update	Specifies the interval at which Update packets are sent.	The value is an integer ranging from 1 to 86400, in seconds. The default value is 30.
age	Specifies the aging time of a route.	The value is an integer ranging from 1 to 86400, in seconds. The default value is 180.
suppress	Specifies the period in which the optimal route is suppressed from being advertised.	The value is an integer ranging from 0 to 86400, in seconds. It is set to 0 in the current version.
garbage-collect	Specifies the time for deleting a route from the routing table (the garbage collection time defined in the standard).	The value is an integer ranging from 1 to 86400, in seconds. The default value is 120.

Views

RIP view

Default Level

2: Configuration level

Task Name and Operations

Task Name	Operations
rip	write

Usage Guidelines

Usage Scenario

To adjust RIP timers, run the timers rip command, which improves routing protocol performance.

The relationship between the values of the four timers is: update < age and suppress < garbage-collect. For example, if the value of the update timer is larger than that of the age timer, a device cannot inform its neighbors whether RIP routes change during the update time.

Precautions

If the values of the four timers are set improperly, routes will become unstable and route convergence will slow down. Generally, the four timers adopt the default values.

Example

# Set the value for each RIP timer.

<HUAWEI> system-view
[~HUAWEI] rip 100
[*HUAWEI-rip-1] timers rip 60 180 0 120