gated(1M)                  Release 1.9.1.7(08-30-90)                  gated(1M)


NAME
      ripquery - query RIP gateways

SYNOPSIS
      ripquery [ -n ] [ -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 prefered 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 prefered over
      the RIP REQUEST command because it is not subject to Split Horizon and/or
      Poisioned Reverse.  See the RIP RFC for more information.

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 SunOS 3.x and later versions of
            gated.  If there is no response to the RIP POLL command, the RIP
            REQUEST command is tried.

      -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.

      -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.

EXAMPLES
SEE ALSO
      routed(1M) gated(1M)
      RFC1058 - Routing Information Protocol

BUGS
      Some versions of SunOS do not allow looking up the symbolic name of a
      subnet.





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