- Written by Nathanael Dattappa
- Posted on April 18, 2024
- Updated on April 18, 2024
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Link Flap Damping is a feature designed to detect situations when an interface is continuously flapping. If enough flaps are done, the damping mechanism is triggered temporarily holding the interface link-down. This smoothes out link flap occurrences and reduces churn in the network caused by link flaps.