freebsd man page for rtquery

RTQUERY(8)						    BSD 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
     extension 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
     answer the request command.  The routed(8) utility does not answer the poll command, but recognizes requests coming from rtquery and so
     answers 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 supported 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 gener-
	     ally ignored by the daemon except for a message in the system log.  gated 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
     routed(8)

     Routing Information Protocol, RIPv1, RFC1058.

     Routing Information Protocol, RIPv2, RFC1723.

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