CISCO IOS in a Nutshell

Name

output-delay — router

Synopsis

output-delay value
no output-delay value
            

Configures

Delay between packets in a multipacket route update

Default

0 (no delay)

Description

This command modifies the interpacket delay during RIP updates. value specifies the delay in milliseconds between consecutive packets in a multipacket update. A delay is useful when a fast router needs to communicate with a slower one, as it allows the slower router to catch up.

Example

This example sets the output delay of multipacket router updates to 5 milliseconds:

router rip
  network 10.10.0.0
  output-delay 5