Re: how to waste fiber (was:OT:MarketSpeak)

[Jared Mauch <jared () puck Nether net>]

        If you send keepalives every 40 seconds, you will not lose the
interface for a 50ms drop.

        You will incur errors, but you will continue to forward packets.

        A few will be lost, many will survive.

On Wed, Oct 13, 1999 at 12:00:01PM -0500, Jeremy Porter wrote:
> It shouldn't if you router is configured to not toggle the interface down
> or you are using the loop-back as update source thing.  I don't know for
> sure if 50ms is enough to cause the interface to detect it being down or
> not.  I suspect it depends a lot on the interface.
>
> In message <E11bRM2-000II7-00 () rip psg com>, Randy Bush writes:
> > > 50ms is fast?  You'd drop sevral packets I'd guess.
> >
> > easily survivable.  but will bgp flap?
>
> --- jerry () fc net
> Freeside/ Insync Internet, Inc.| 512-458-9810 | http://www.fc.net
> #include <sys/machine/wit/fortune.h>

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