RIPQUERY(8)
NAME
ripquery - query RIP gateways
SYNOPSIS
ripquery [ -1 ] [ -2 ] [ -[a5] authkey ] [ -n ] [ -N
dest[/mask] [ -p ] [ -r ] [ -v ] [ -w time ] gateway ...
DESCRIPTION
Ripquery 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. Ripquery is
intended to be used as a tool for debugging gateways, not
for network management. SNMP is the preferred protocol for
network management.
Ripquery 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
and/or Poisoned Reverse. See the RIP RFC for more informa-
tion.
OPTIONS
-1 Send the query as a version 1 packet.
-2 Send 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 authen-
tication type of MD5 will be used, otherwise the
default is an authentication type of NONE. Authen-
tication fields in incoming packets will be dis-
played, but not validated.
-n Prevents the address of the responding host from
being looked up to determine the symbolic name.
-N dest[/mask]
Specifies that the query should be for the speci-
fied dest/mask instead of complete routing table.
The specification of the optional mask implies a
version 2 query. Up to 23 requests about specific
destinations may be include in one packet.
-p Uses the RIP POLL command to request information
from the routing table. This is the default, but is
an undocumented extension supported only by some
versions of SunOS 3.x and later versions of gated.
If there is no response to the RIP POLL command,
the RIP REQUEST command is tried. Gated responds to
a POLL command with all the routes learned via 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. Gated
responds to a REQUEST command with all the routes
he anounces out the specified interface. Due to
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 Version information about ripquery is displayed
before querying the gateways.
-w time
Specifies the time in seconds to wait for the ini-
tial response from a gateway. The default value is
5 seconds.
AUTHORS
Jeffrey C Honig <A HREF="MAILTO:lt;jch@gated.cornell.edu">lt;jch@gated.cornell.edu</A>
SEE ALSO
gated(8) gdc(8) ospf_monitor(8) routed(8)
GateD Documentation
GateD Configuration Guide
BUGS
Some versions of Unix do not allow looking up the symbolic
name of a subnet.
COPYRIGHT INFORMATION
Copyright (c) 1996, 1997 The Regents of the University of
Michigan
All Rights Reserved
License to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software
and its documentation can be obtained from Merit at the
University of Michigan.
This package and associated documentation is Copyright (c)
1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995 Cornell University., all
rights reserved. This software contains code that is
Copyright (c) 1988 Regents of the University of Califor-
nia., all rights reserved.;