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authorSusant Sahani <ssahani@gmail.com>2015-10-05 09:38:32 +0530
committerSusant Sahani <ssahani@gmail.com>2015-10-05 09:43:29 +0530
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</variablelist>
</refsect1>
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>[Bridge] Section Options</title>
+
+ <para>The <literal>[Bridge]</literal> section only applies for
+ netdevs of kind <literal>bridge</literal>, and accepts the
+ following key:</para>
+
+ <variablelist class='network-directives'>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>HelloTimeSec=</varname></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>HelloTimeSec specifies the number of seconds a hello packet is
+ sent out by the root bridge and the designated bridges. Hello packets are
+ used to communicate information about the topology throughout the entire
+ bridged local area network.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>MaxAgeSec=</varname></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>MaxAgeSec specifies the number of seconds of maximum message age.
+ If the last seen (received) hello packet is more than this number of
+ seconds old, the bridge in question will start the takeover procedure
+ in attempt to become the Root Bridge itself.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>ForwardDelaySec=</varname></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>ForwardDelaySec specifies the number of seconds spent in each
+ of the Listening and Learning states before the Forwarding state is entered.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ </refsect1>
+
<refsect1>
<title>[VLAN] Section Options</title>