RIP98D(8)						   Linux System Managers Manual 						 RIP98D(8)

NAME

       rip98d - Send and receive RIP98 routing messages

SYNOPSIS

       rip98d [-d] [-l] [-r] [-t interval] [-v]

DESCRIPTION

       The  RIP98  routing protocol was devised by John Wiseman G8BPQ as an alternative to both traditional RIP and RSPF for use in an RF environ-
       ment.  Its main advantage is that each routing element only takes six bytes and is therefore much more efficient in terms of bandwidth than
       other routing protocols.

       In  operation rip98d that each neighbour that also uses RIP98 must be listed. RIP98 is not a broadcast protocol and each neighbour is indi-
       vidually  contacted.  Any  incoming  RIP98  message  is	also  validated  against  this	list.  The  list  of   neighbours   is	 held	in
       /etc/ax25/rip98d.conf, and each line is either the name or the dotted decimal IP address of the neighbour.

       The  time  interval between RIP98 transmissions is set to one hour by default but other intervals can be set with the -t option. The routes
       advertised and received can be restricted by the -r option which only allows processing of ampr.org addresses. At present rip98d  is  under
       development and any feedback on its operation would be welcome.

OPTIONS

       -d	       Set debugging on. Information is only output if the logging option is also enabled.

       -l	       Enable logging to the system log, the default is off.

       -r	       Restricts the transmitting and receiving of routes to ampr.org (44.x.x.x) addresses only.

       -t interval     The time interval between routing broadcasts, in minutes. The default is 60 minutes.

       -v	       Display the version.

FILES

       /proc/net/route
       /etc/ax25/rip98d.conf

SEE ALSO

       rip98.conf(5), arp(8), ifconfig(8), route(8).

AUTHOR

       Jonathan Naylor G4KLX <g4klx@g4klx.demon.co.uk>

Linux								  20 August 1996							 RIP98D(8)