RIP6QUERY(8)

📦 version 15.1, in freebsd 14.5, freebsd 15.1

✨ NAME ✨

okay so bestie, this is the rip6query(8) page from the System Manager's Manual, and it's literally the RIPng debugging tool. 💅

🚨 DEPRECATION NOTICE 🚨

⚠️ heads up, bestie: rip6query is deprecated and will be removed in FreeBSD 16.0. not me reading the legacy-era receipt 😭 plan accordingly.

📜 SYNOPSIS 📜

rip6query [-I interface] destination

🫶 DESCRIPTION 🫶

So rip6query requests the remote RIPng daemon on destination to dump RIPng routing information. that’s the vibe: you ask, it dumps. ✨

  • -I interface — lets you specify the outgoing interface for the query packet. super useful when a link-local address is specified for destination. 🦋

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

🌸 HISTORY 🌸

The rip6query utility first appeared in WIDE Hydrangea IPv6 protocol stack kit. iconic origin story, fr fr. 👑

🎀 that’s the whole page, bestie. this one is from Debian and dated May 20, 2025. 💖
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