Configure the hello and dead intervals

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

To configure the hello and dead intervals

Open Routing and Remote Access.
In the console tree, click OSPF.

Where?
- Routing and Remote Access/server name/IP Routing/OSPF
In the details pane, right-click the interface you want to configure, and then click Properties.
On the Advanced tab, in Hello interval (seconds), type the number of seconds between transmissions of hello packets by the router on the interface.
In Dead interval (seconds), type the number of seconds before a silent remote router is declared down.

Notes

To perform this procedure, you must be a member of the Administrators group. As a security best practice, consider using the Run As command rather than logging on with administrative credentials. If you have logged on with administrative credentials, you can also open Routing and Remote Access by clicking Start, clicking Control Panel, double-clicking Administrative Tools, and then double-clicking Routing and Remote Access. For more information, see Default local groups, Default groups, and Using Run as.
This feature is not available on the Itanium-based versions of the Windows operating systems.
This content is not available in this preliminary release.
The dead interval should be a multiple of the hello interval (commonly 4).
The hello and dead intervals must be the same for all routers attached to a common network.

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