query RIP gateways
Syntax:
ripquery [-n] [-p] [-r] [-v] [-w wait] gateway...
Options:
- -n
- Display networks and hosts by number only. Normally,
network and host numbers are displayed both symbolically and
numerically.
- -p
- Use the RIP POLL command to request information
from the gateway's routing table. This is the default. If
there's no response to the RIP POLL command, the
RIP REQUEST command is tried.
- -r
- Use the RIP REQUEST command to request
information from the gateway's routing table. Unlike the
RIP POLL command, RIP REQUEST should work
with all gateways. If there's no response to the RIP
REQUEST command, the RIP POLL command is
tried.
- -v
- Display version information about ripquery before
querying the gateways.
- -w wait
- Wait this many seconds for the initial response from a
gateway (default is 5 seconds).
Description:
The ripquery utility requests all routes known to
a RIP gateway by sending a RIP REQUEST command or a RIP
POLL command. By default, the routing information in any
routing packets returned is displayed numerically and
symbolically.
By default, ripquery 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. Because it isn't subject
to Split Horizon and/or Poisoned Reverse, the RIP POLL
command is preferable to the RIP REQUEST command — see
the RIP RFC for more information.
Note that ripquery is intended as a tool for
debugging gateways; you shouldn't use it for managing
networks.
See also:
gated, routed
Routing Information Protocol (RFC 1058)