RIP98D(8)

📦 version 1.1.0, in alpine 3.24, debian bookworm, debian trixie, fedora 43, fedora 44, nixos 26.05, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 RIP98D(8) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Linux System Managers Manual corner of the internet, because today we're talking about rip98d — the little daemon that sends and receives RIP98 routing messages. yes, that's the whole vibe. let's get into it 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

rip98d — send and receive RIP98 routing messages 💌

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

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

that's it. that's the whole summoning ritual. no cap. 🎀

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

so like, the RIP98 routing protocol was devised by John Wiseman G8BPQ as an alternative to both traditional RIP and RSPF, specifically for use in an RF environment. and the way it ate?? each routing element only takes six bytes — six!! — which makes it so much more efficient in terms of bandwidth than other routing protocols. iconic behavior honestly. 💅

In operation, every neighbour that also uses RIP98 must be listed. RIP98 is not a broadcast protocol — each neighbour is individually contacted, one by one, like sliding into DMs instead of posting to the group chat. 📬 Any incoming RIP98 message is also validated against this list, so no randos get through. The list of neighbours lives 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 you can set other intervals 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 — she's a work in progress, be nice. 🙈

🌈 OPTIONS 🌈

  • -d — Set debugging on. Information is only output if the logging option is also enabled. (so -d alone is giving nothing, pair it with -l bestie 😭)
  • -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>

lowkey a slay, highkey a protocol. six-byte routing elements? main character energy fr fr. ⭐

okay and for the cute sign-off: this page is from the Linux manual, dated 20 August 1996 — yes, 1996, she's a vintage queen 👑 — and it's filed under RIP98D(8). periodt. 💖✨

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