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-1 |
Send the query as a version 1 packet. |
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-2 |
Send the query as a version 2 packet (default). |
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-[a5] authkey |
Specifies the authentication password to use for queries. If -a is 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. |
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-n |
Prevents the address of the responding host from being looked up to
determine the symbolic name. |
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-N dest[/mask] |
Specifies that the query should be for the specified dest/mask instead of complete routing table. The specification of the
optional mask implies a version 2 query. Up to 23 requests about specific
destinations may be included in one packet. |
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-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. gated responds to a POLL command with all the routes learned via RIP. |
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-r |
Uses 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. gated responds to a REQUEST command with all the routes he anounces out the specified interface. |
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-v |
Version information about ripquery is displayed
before querying the gateways. |
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-w time |
Specifies the time in seconds to wait for the initial response from
a gateway. The default value is 5 seconds. |