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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 |