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1.\" $Revision: 2.27 $
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3.Dd June 1, 1996
4.Dt RTQUERY 8
5.Os
6.Sh NAME
7.Nm rtquery
8.Nd query routing daemons for their routing tables
9.Sh SYNOPSIS
10.Nm
11.Op Fl np1
12.Op Fl w Ar timeout
13.Op Fl r Ar addr
14.Op Fl a Ar secret
15.Ar host ...
16.Nm
17.Op Fl t Ar op
18.Ar host ...
19.Sh DESCRIPTION
20The
21.Nm
22utility is used to query a RIP network routing daemon, such as
23.Xr routed 8 ,
24for its routing table by sending a
25.Em request
26or
27.Em poll
28command.
29The routing information in any routing
30.Em response
31packets returned is displayed numerically and symbolically.
32.Pp
33The
34.Nm
35utility by default uses the
36.Em request
37command.
38When the
39.Fl p
40option is specified,
41.Nm
42uses the
43.Em poll
44command, an
45undocumented extension to the RIP protocol supported by
46the commercial
47.Nm gated
48routing product.
49When querying
50.Nm gated ,
51the
52.Em poll
53command is preferred over the
54.Em request
55command because the response is not subject to Split Horizon and/or
56Poisoned Reverse, and because some versions of
57.Nm gated
58do not answer the
59.Em request
60command.
61The
62.Xr routed 8
63utility does not answer the
64.Em poll
65command, but recognizes
66.Em requests
67coming from
68.Nm
69and so answers completely.
70.Pp
71The
72.Nm
73utility is also used to turn tracing on or off in
74.Xr routed 8 .
75.Pp
76The following options are available:
77.Bl -tag -width indent
78.It Fl n
79displays only the numeric network and host numbers instead of both
80numeric and symbolic.
81.It Fl p
82uses the
83.Em poll
84command to request full routing information from
85.Nm gated .
86This is an undocumented extension RIP protocol supported only by
87.Nm gated .
88.It Fl 1
89queries using RIP version 1 instead of RIP version 2.
90.It Fl w Ar timeout
91changes the delay for an answer from each host.
92By default, each host is given 15 seconds to respond.
93.It Fl r Ar addr
94asks about the route to destination
95.Em addr .
96.It Fl a Ar passwd=XXX
97.It Fl a Ar md5_passwd=XXX|KeyID
98causes the query to be sent with the indicated cleartext or MD5 password.
99.It Fl t Ar op
100changes tracing, where
101.Em op
102is one of the following.
103Requests from processes not running with UID 0 or on distant networks
104are generally ignored by the daemon except for a message in the system log.
105.Nm gated
106is likely to ignore these debugging requests.
107.El
108.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent-two
109.It Em on=tracefile
110turns tracing on into the specified file.
111That file must usually have been specified when the daemon was
112started or be the same as a fixed name, often
113.Pa /etc/routed.trace .
114.It Em more
115increases the debugging level.
116.It Em off
117turns off tracing.
118.It Em dump
119dumps the daemon's routing table to the current tracefile.
120.El
121.Sh SEE ALSO
122.Xr routed 8
123.Rs
124.%T Routing Information Protocol, RIPv1
125.%O RFC1058
126.Re
127.Rs
128.%T Routing Information Protocol, RIPv2
129.%O RFC1723
130.Re
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