prune-wait

Configures the time a PIM device waits before stopping traffic to neighbor devices that do not want the traffic.
Syntax
prune-wait seconds
no prune-wait
Command Default

The prune wait time is 3 seconds.

Parameters
seconds
Specifies the wait time in seconds. The range is 0 through 30 seconds. The default is 3 seconds.
Modes

PIM router configuration mode

Usage Guidelines

A smaller prune wait value reduces flooding of unwanted traffic. A prune wait value of 0 causes the PIM device to stop traffic immediately upon receiving a prune message.

If there are two or more neighbors on the physical port, you should not configure the prune-wait command because one neighbor may send a prune message while the other sends a join message at the same time, or within less than 3 seconds.

The no form of this command restores the default prune wait time of 3 seconds.

Examples

This example configures the prune wait time to 0 seconds.

device(config)# router pim
device(config-pim-router)# prune-wait 0