ripquery(8)ripquery(8)NAMEripquery - Queries RIP gateways
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/ripquery [-1] [-2] [-[a5] authkey] [-n] [-p] [-r] [-v] [-w
time] gateway...
OPTIONS
Sends the query as a version 1 packet. Sends the query as a version 2
packet (default). 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. Authentica‐
tion fields in incoming packets will be displayed, but not validated.
Prevents the address of the responding host from being looked up to
determine the symbolic name. 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. 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. Displays ver‐
sion information about ripquery before querying the gateways. Speci‐
fies the time in seconds to wait for the initial response from a gate‐
way. The default value is 5 seconds.
DESCRIPTION
The ripquery command is used to request all routes known by a RIP gate‐
way by sending a RIP request or POLL command. The routing information
in any routing packets returned is displayed numerically and symboli‐
cally. 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 informa‐
tion.
SEE ALSO
Commands: gated(8), gdc(8), ospf_monitor(8), routed(8)ripquery(8)