Connected Neighbors

rvrd displays information about its (actual) neighbor connections on this page.

To display this page, click Connected Neighbors in the left margin of any page of the rvrd browser administration interface.

Note 

This page is related to—but not the same as—the page described in Neighbor Interfaces.

Figure 94: rvrd Connected Neighbors Page

Item

Description

table rows

Each row in this table describes one neighbor connection.

Router Name

This page groups neighbors by local router name (routing table entry). A box in this column indicates the name of the local router that connects to the neighbors show to its right. See also Routing Table Entry.

Neighbor Name

The name of a remote router with which the local router has a neighbor connection.

Click here to view the browser administration interface for the neighbor routing daemon process.

Link Stats

The name of the (local) neighbor interface that specifies this neighbor connection. rvrd generated this name automatically when you configured the neighbor interface. Click this name to view the Router Connection Statistics page.

Peak Backlog

Backlog is outbound data awaiting transmission to a neighbor. This column displays the peak backlog for each neighbor.

The Reset Statistics button on the Router Connection Statistics page resets this figure to zero. It is also reset to zero when the neighbors become disconnected and subsequently reconnect.

See also, Backlog Protection.