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300-410 Practice Question: The default BGP keepalive interval and hold time…
What is the default BGP keepalive interval and hold time for eBGP peers in Cisco IOS?
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Keepalive 60 seconds, hold time 180 seconds
The default keepalive interval is 60 seconds, and the hold time is 180 seconds (three times the keepalive).
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Keepalive 30 seconds, hold time 90 seconds
Why it's wrong here
These are not the defaults; 30/90 are used by some other protocols.
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Keepalive 60 seconds, hold time 180 seconds
Why this is correct
This is the standard default for BGP in Cisco IOS.
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Keepalive 10 seconds, hold time 30 seconds
Why it's wrong here
These are not the defaults; 10/30 are used by OSPF.
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Keepalive 120 seconds, hold time 360 seconds
Why it's wrong here
These are not the defaults; they are longer than standard.
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