Re: RFC 4286 - AdvertisementJitter

Brian Haberman <[email protected]>
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Daniel Joyal wrote:
>       Hi,
> 
>       Section 3.1.2 of RFC 4286 reads
> 
>       3.1.2.  AdvertisementJitter
> 
>          This is the maximum time (in seconds) by which the
>          AdvertisementInterval is perturbed for each unsolicited
>          Advertisement.  Note that the purpose of this jitter is to avoid
>          synchronization of multiple routers on a network, hence choosing a
>          value of zero is discouraged.  This value MUST be an integer no
>       less
>          than 0 seconds and no greater than AdvertisementInterval.
> 
>          The AdvertisementJitter MUST be  0.025*AdvertisementInterval
> 
>       I'm assuming that the last sentence above is referring to the
>       default AdvertisementJitter.
>       Am I correct?

If you are referring to the "This value", then it is referring to the
AdvertisementJitter variable.

Regards,
Brian
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