ip ospf auth-change-wait-time

Configures authentication-change hold time.

Syntax

ip ospf auth-change-wait-time wait-time
no ip ospf auth-change-wait-time

Command Default

Wait time is 300 seconds

Parameters

wait-time
Time before an authentication change takes place. Valid values range from 0 to 14400 seconds.

Modes

Interface subtype configuration mode

Usage Guidelines

Use this command to set or reset the authentication change hold time for the interface to which you are connected.

OSPFv2 provides graceful authentication change for the following types of authentication changes:

Changing authentication methods from one of the following to another of the following:

Configuring a new simple text password or MD5 authentication key.

Changing an existing simple text password or MD5 authentication key

The no form of the command resets the wait time to the default of 300 seconds.

Examples

The following example sets the wait time to 400 seconds on a specific OSPF virtual Ethernet (VE) interface.

device# configure terminal
device(config)# interface ve 1
device(config-if-Ve-1)# ip ospf auth-change-wait-time 400