RIP98D(8)

NAME
rip98d - Send and receive RIP98 routing messages

SYNOPSIS
rip98d [-d] [-t <interval>]

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 environment. 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 individually contacted. Any incoming RIP98 message is also validated against this list. The list of neighbours is held in /usr/local/etc/rip98.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. At present rip98d is under development and any feedback on its operation would be welcome.

OPTIONS

-d  Set debugging on.

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

FILES
/proc/net/route
/usr/local/etc/rip98.conf

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

AUTHOR
Jonathan Naylor G4KLX <jsn@cs.nott.ac.uk>