ripquery(1M)                                            ripquery(1M)


       NAME
             ripquery - query RIP gateways

       SYNOPSIS
             ripquery [-n] [-p] [-r] [-v] [-w time] gateway ...

       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.

       USAGE
             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 some systems, 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 information.

          Options
             ripquery takes the following options:

             -n    Normally network and host numbers are displayed both
                   symbolically and numerically.  When this option is
                   specified, network and host numbers are only displayed
                   numerically.

             -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 routed and later versions of gated.  If there is no
                   response to the RIP POLL command, the RIP REQUEST
                   command is tried.

             -r    Uses 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.




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            -v    Version information about ripquery is displayed before
                  querying the gateways.

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

         Warnings
            Some systems do not allow looking up the symbolic name of a
            subnet.

      REFERENCES
            gated(1M), routed(1M)
            RFC 1058


































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