SYNOPSIS

      ripquery [-1] [-2] [-[a5] authkey] [-n]
        [-p] [-r] [-v] [-w time] gateway ...

1  –  FLAGS

    -1                 Sends the query as a version 1 packet.

    -2                 Sends 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 authentication type of
                       MD5 will be used, otherwise the default is an
                       authentication type of NONE. Authentication
                       fields in incoming packets will be displayed,
                       but not validated.

    -n                 Prevents the address of the responding host
                       from being looked up to determine the symbolic
                       name.

    -p                 Uses the RIP POLL command to request
                       information from the routing table. This is
                       the default. If there is no response to the
                       RIP POLL command, the RIP REQUEST command is
                       tried. The gated daemon responds to a POLL
                       command with all the routes learned through
                       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. The gated
                       daemon responds to a REQUEST command with
                       all the routes he announces out the specified
                       interface. Because of 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                 Displays version information about ripquery
                       before querying the gateways.

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

2  –  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. The ripquery command
    is intended to be used as a tool for debugging gateways, not for
    network management. SNMP is the preferred protocol for network
    management.