How to Enable or Disable Link-State Pass-Through for Virtual Wire

Overview

By default, when one interface in Virtual Wire loses its connection (link down), it propagates that state to the other interface in the Virtual Wire to facilitate a faster failover and communicate topology changes to neighboring devices.

Details

From the CLI, enable or disable this option using the following command:

> configure

# set network virtual-wire <virtual-wire-name> link-state-pass-through enable {yes|no}

In the WebGUI, go to Network > Virtual Wire:

Note: Ensure that both interfaces are set to 'auto' for the link state under Network > Interfaces > Advanced. If an interface is configured to 'up,' the link state remains up on the interface, regardless of connection state.

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