tunnel ttl

Use tunnel ttl to set the Time to Live (TTL) of tunneled packets.

Use undo tunnel ttl to restore the default.

Syntax

tunnel ttl ttl-value

undo tunnel ttl

Default

The TTL of tunneled packets is 255.

Views

Tunnel interface view

Predefined user roles

network-admin

Parameters

ttl-value: Specifies the TTL of tunneled packets, in the range of 1 to 255.

Usage guidelines

The TTL determines the maximum number of hops that the tunneled packets can pass. When the TTL expires, the tunneled packet is discarded to avoid loops.

Examples

# Set the TTL of tunneled packets to 100 on interface Tunnel 1.

<Sysname> system-view
[Sysname] interface tunnel 1 mode gre
[Sysname-Tunnel1] tunnel ttl 100

Related commands

display interface tunnel