Setting the timer for a BGP peer

Syntax:

[no] neighbor ipv4-addr timers keep-alive hold-time

To set the timers for a specific BGP peer, use the neighbor timers command in router configuration mode. To clear the timers for a specific BGP peer, use the no form of this command. The values of keep-alive and hold-time default to 60 and 180 seconds, respectively.

The timers configured for a specific neighbor override the timers configured for all BGP neighbors using the timers command.