Index Index for
Section 8
Index Alphabetical
listing for R
Bottom of page Bottom of
page		 

ripquery(8)


NAME

  ripquery - Queries RIP gateways


SYNOPSIS

  /usr/sbin/ripquery [-1] [-2] [-[a5] authkey] [-n] [-p] [-r] [-v] [-w time]
  gateway...


OPTIONS

  -1  Sends the query as a version 1 packet.

  -2  Sends the query as a version 2 packet (default).

  -[a5] authkey
      Specifies the authentication password to use for queries.	 If -a
      specified, an authentication type of SIMPLE will be used, if -5 is
      specified, an authentication type of MD5 will be used, otherwise the
      default is an authentication type of NONE.  Authentication fields in
      incoming packets will be displayed, but not validated.

  -n  Prevents the address of the responding host from being looked up to
      determine the symbolic name.

  -p  Uses the RIP POLL command to request information from the routing
      table.  This is the default. If there is no response to the RIP POLL
      command, the RIP REQUEST command is tried.  The gated daemon responds
      to a POLL command with all the routes learned through RIP.

  -r  Used the RIP REQUEST command to request information from the gateway's
      routing table.  Unlike the RIP POLL command, all gateways should
      support the RIP REQUEST.	If there is no response to the RIP REQUEST
      command, the RIP POLL command is tried.  The gated daemon responds to a
      REQUEST command with all the routes he announces out the specified
      interface.  Because of limitations in the UDP interface, on systems
      based on BSD 4.3 Reno or earlier, REQUESTs respond about the interface
      used to route packets back to the sender.	 This can be avoided by
      running ripquery on the host being queried.

  -v  Displays version information about ripquery before querying the
      gateways.

  -w time
      Specifies the time in seconds to wait for the initial response from a
      gateway.	The default value is 5 seconds.


DESCRIPTION

  The ripquery command is used to request all routes known by a RIP gateway
  by sending a RIP request or POLL command.  The routing information in any
  routing packets returned is displayed numerically and symbolically.  The
  ripquery command is intended to be used as a tool for debugging gateways,
  not for network management.  SNMP is the preferred protocol for network
  management.

  The ripquery command by default uses the RIP POLL command, which is an
  undocumented extension to the RIP specification supported by routed on
  SunOS 3.x and later and by gated 1.4 and later. The RIP POLL command is
  preferred over the RIP REQUEST command because it is not subject to Split
  Horizon or Poisoned Reverse.	See the RIP RFC for more information.


SEE ALSO

  Commands: gated(8), gdc(8), ospf_monitor(8), routed(8)

Index Index for
Section 8
Index Alphabetical
listing for R
Top of page Top of
page