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RTQUERY(8)		    System Manager's Manual		    RTQUERY(8)

NAME
       rtquery -- query	routing	daemons	for their routing tables

SYNOPSIS
       rtquery [-np1] [-w timeout] [-r addr] [-a secret] host ...
       rtquery [-t op] host ...

DESCRIPTION
       The rtquery utility is used to query a RIP network routing daemon, such
       as  routed(8),  for its routing table by	sending	a request or poll com-
       mand.  The routing information in any routing response packets returned
       is displayed numerically	and symbolically.

       The rtquery utility by default uses the request command.	 When  the  -p
       option is specified, rtquery uses the poll command, an undocumented ex-
       tension	to  the	RIP protocol supported by the commercial gated routing
       product.	 When querying gated, 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  an-
       swer  the  request  command.  The routed(8) utility does	not answer the
       poll command, but recognizes requests coming from rtquery  and  so  an-
       swers completely.

       The  rtquery  utility  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.  This is an undocumented	extension  RIP	protocol  sup-
	       ported only by gated.

       -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 is likely  to	 ignore	 these	debugging  re-
	       quests.

		 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
       routed(8)

       Routing Information Protocol, RIPv1, RFC1058.

       Routing Information Protocol, RIPv2, RFC1723.

FreeBSD	14.3			 June 1, 1996			    RTQUERY(8)

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