lifetime

Syntax

lifetime seconds; 

Hierarchy Level

[edit logical-routers logical-router-name protocols router-discovery interface

    interface-name],

[edit protocols router-discovery interface interface-name]

Description

How long the addresses sent by the server in its router advertisement packets are valid. This time must be long enough so that another router advertisement packet is sent before the lifetime has expired. The lifetime value is placed in the advertisement lifetime field of the router advertisement packet.

Options

seconds—Lifetime value. A value of 0 indicates that one or more addresses are no longer valid.
Range: 3, max-advertisement-interval value through 2 hours, 30 minutes (9000 seconds), specified in seconds
Default: 1800 seconds (30 minutes; three times the default max-advertisement-interval value)

Usage Guidelines

See Modifying the Router Advertisement Lifetime.

Required Privilege Level

routing—To view this statement in the configuration.
routing-control—To add this statement to the configuration.

See Also

max-advertisement-interval