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authorJuliusz Chroboczek <jch@pps.jussieu.fr>2012-02-11 14:28:17 +0100
committerPaul Jakma <paul@quagga.net>2012-03-25 17:06:54 +0100
commit68c65a5d3a6a8cb8133b5e9311fc5dc21de88e9c (patch)
tree94c9e7ae2896736dc1c1c227189e8930a2f92c22 /doc
parent173982334c978fdf2e7030d32a2cdc99587fb434 (diff)
doc: update babeld documentation.
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1 files changed, 23 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/doc/babeld.texi b/doc/babeld.texi
index 69cec52d..98fc28d0 100644
--- a/doc/babeld.texi
+++ b/doc/babeld.texi
@@ -50,14 +50,6 @@ Enable or disable Babel routing.
Enable or disable Babel on the given interface.
@end deffn
-@deffn {Babel Command} {protocol group @var{group}} {}
-@deffnx {Babel Command} {protocol port @var{port}} {}
-Specify the multicast group and UDP port used for Babel traffic. The
-default is to use group @code{ff02::1:6} and port 6696, as allocated
-by IANA. (Note that RFC6126 specifies a port number that has been
-obsoleted after publication.)
-@end deffn
-
@deffn {Interface Command} {babel wired} {}
@deffnx {Interface Command} {babel wireless} {}
Specifies whether this interface is wireless, which disables a number
@@ -76,11 +68,31 @@ horizon on wireless interfaces is not correct in general, and may lead
to communication failures.
@end deffn
-@deffn {Interface Command} {passive-interface}
-@deffnx {Interface Command} {no passive-interface}
+@deffn {Interface Command} {babel passive-interface}
+@deffnx {Interface Command} {no babel passive-interface}
Specifies whether this interface is passive. Note that this is
a little weaker than RIP's notion of passive interface, since Babel
-always sends Hello packets, even on passive interfaces.
+always sends Hello packets and announces redistributed routes, even on
+passive interfaces.
+@end deffn
+
+@deffn {Interface Command} {babel hello-interval <20-655340>}
+Specifies the time in milliseconds between two scheduled hellos.
+Babel notices a link failure within two hello intervals on wired
+links; on wireless links, the link quality value is reestimated at
+every hello interval.
+@end deffn
+
+@deffn {Interface Command} {babel hello-interval <20-655340>}
+Specifies the time in milliseconds between two scheduled updates.
+Since Babel makes extensive use of triggered updates, this can be
+set to fairly high values on links with little packet loss.
+@end deffn
+
+@deffn {Babel Command} {babel resend-delay <20-655340>}
+Specifies the time in milliseconds after which an ``important''
+request or update will be resent. This is a global, not per-interface
+value.
@end deffn
@node Babel redistribution, Show Babel information, Babel configuration, Babel