Re: RIP holddown timer ?

this is a great site that discusses rip and its timers

http://cisconinja.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/rip-timers/

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On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 6:42 PM, Jacek <q.192.168.1.0_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello Experts,
>
> Can someone please help me understand how RIP holddown timer works? The
> definition in the tcp/ip vol1 1 is:
> "If a route is declared unreachable or if the metric increases beyond a
> certain threshold, a router will not accept any other information about
> that
> route until the holddown timer expires."
>
> I have this topology to test it:
>
> /---R2----R3---\ <- eth
> R1 R4
> \--------------/ <- FR
>
>
> R1 advertises 1.1.1.0/24
> All interfaces are UP
> R4 installs 1.1.1.0 in the routing table with metric 1 via R1
>
> If R1 shuts Serial int (direct to R4), R4 will set the route as
> un-reachable
> after the "invalid timer" expires and marks then the route as "possibly
> down". At this point hold timer kick in.
>
> My problem is that R4 will NOT WAIT until hold timer expires before
> installing new route (via R3 and R2). R4 will install 1.1.1.0 with metric 3
> immediately when it receives next updated from R3.
>
> What is wrong ?
>
>
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