NAME
rtquery —
query routing daemons for
their routing tables
SYNOPSIS
rtquery |
[-1np]
[-a
secret]
[-r addr]
[-w
timeout] host ... |
DESCRIPTION
rtquery is used to query a RIP network routing daemon,
routed(8) or
gated(8), for its routing table
by sending a
request or
poll command. The
routing information in any routing
response packets returned
is displayed numerically and symbolically.
rtquery by default uses the
request command.
When the
-p option is specified,
rtquery
uses the
poll command, an undocumented extension to the RIP
protocol supported by
gated(8).
When querying
gated(8), the
poll command is preferred over the
request
command because the response is not subject to Split Horizon and/or Poisoned
Reverse, and because some versions of gated do not answer the
request command.
routed(8) does not answer the
poll command, but recognizes
requests
coming from
rtquery and so answers completely.
rtquery is also used to turn tracing on or off in
routed(8).
The following options are available:
-
-
- -n
- displays only the numeric network and host numbers instead
of both numeric and symbolic.
-
-
- -p
- uses the poll command to request full
routing information from
gated(8). This is an
undocumented extension RIP protocol supported only by
gated(8).
-
-
- -1
- queries using RIP version 1 instead of RIP version 2.
-
-
- -w
timeout
- changes the delay for an answer from each host. By default,
each host is given 15 seconds to respond.
-
-
- -r
addr
- asks about the route to destination
addr.
-
-
- -a
passwd=XXX
-
- -a
md5_passwd=XXX|KeyID
- causes the query to be sent with the indicated cleartext or
MD5 password.
-
-
- -t
op
- changes tracing, where op is one of the
following. Requests from processes not running with UID 0 or on distant
networks are generally ignored by the daemon except for a message in the
system log. gated(8) is
likely to ignore these debugging requests.
-
-
- on=tracefile
- turns tracing on into the specified file. That file must
usually have been specified when the daemon was started or be the same as
a fixed name, often /etc/routed.trace.
-
-
- more
- increases the debugging level.
-
-
- off
- turns off tracing.
-
-
- dump
- dumps the daemon's routing table to the current
tracefile.
SEE ALSO
gated(8),
routed(8),
pkgsrc/net/gated
Routing Information Protocol, RIPv1,
RFC 1058, 1988.
Routing Information Protocol, RIPv2,
RFC 1723, 1994.