[nsp] Meaning of BGP parameter..

From: RSMANI (rsm@ren.nic.in)
Date: Wed Aug 23 2000 - 02:15:10 EDT


Hi!
I would like to know the exact meaning of the following lines when I issue the command
"sh ip bgp neigh x.y.a.b"

------------Last read 00:00:03, hold time is 180, keepalive interval is 60 second---------------
what is the meaning of the line last read.. I saw that this time keeps incrementing and suddenly falls back to 00:00:00 and again starts increasing..
Also what is the meaning of hold time..

Thanx
in advance/
Iyer rs

BGP version 4, remote router ID 201.139.171.189
BGP state = Established, table version = 58358, up for 4d06h
  Last read 00:00:03, hold time is 180, keepalive interval is 60 seconds
  Minimum time between advertisement runs is 30 Rcvd: 61562 (out of order: 0), with data: 55880, total data bytes: 37136191



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