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authorru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2000-11-20 20:10:44 +0000
committerru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2000-11-20 20:10:44 +0000
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mdoc(7) police: use the new features of the Nm macro.
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diff --git a/usr.sbin/IPXrouted/IPXrouted.8 b/usr.sbin/IPXrouted/IPXrouted.8
index c9e5946..814e2e2 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/IPXrouted/IPXrouted.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/IPXrouted/IPXrouted.8
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
.Nm IPXrouted
.Nd IPX Routing Information Protocol daemon
.Sh SYNOPSIS
-.Nm IPXrouted
+.Nm
.Op Fl N
.Op Fl q
.Op Fl s
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
.Op Fl t
.Op Ar logfile
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-.Nm IPXrouted
+.Nm
is invoked at boot time to manage the IPX routing tables.
The IPX routing daemon uses the Novell IPX Routing
Information Protocol in maintaining up to date kernel routing
@@ -64,25 +64,25 @@ Do not supply routing information (opposite of
option below).
.It Fl s
Forces
-.Nm IPXrouted
+.Nm
to supply routing information whether it is acting as an internetwork
router or not.
.It Fl S
Do not supply Service Advertizing Protocol
-.Nm (SAP)
+(SAP)
information.
The default is to supply
-.Nm SAP
+SAP
information.
.It Fl t
All packets sent or received are
printed on the standard output. In addition,
-.Nm IPXrouted
+.Nm
will not divorce itself from the controlling terminal
so that interrupts from the keyboard will kill the process.
.It Ar logfile
Name of file in which
-.Nm IPXrouted Ns 's
+.Nm Ns 's
actions should be logged. This log contains information
about any changes to the routing tables and a history of
recent messages sent and received which are related to
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ the changed route.
.El
.Pp
In normal operation
-.Nm IPXrouted
+.Nm
listens
for routing information packets. If the host is connected to
multiple IPX networks, it periodically supplies copies
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ of its routing tables to any directly connected hosts
and networks.
.Pp
When
-.Nm IPXrouted
+.Nm
is started, it uses the
.Dv SIOCGIFCONF
.Xr ioctl 2
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ system and marked
is ignored). If multiple interfaces
are present, it is assumed the host will forward packets
between networks.
-.Nm IPXrouted
+.Nm
then transmits a
.Em request
packet on each interface (using a broadcast packet if
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ packets from other hosts.
When a
.Em request
packet is received,
-.Nm IPXrouted
+.Nm
formulates a reply based on the information maintained in its
internal tables. The
.Em response
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ route returned provides a metric
.Pp
.Em Response
packets received by
-.Nm IPXrouted
+.Nm
are used to update the routing tables if one of the following
conditions is satisfied:
.Bl -bullet
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ to decide this.
.El
.Pp
When an update is applied,
-.Nm IPXrouted
+.Nm
records the change in its internal tables and generates a
.Em response
packet to all directly connected hosts and networks.
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ of time (no more than 30 seconds) before modifying the kernel's
routing tables to allow possible unstable situations to settle.
.Pp
In addition to processing incoming packets,
-.Nm IPXrouted
+.Nm
also periodically checks the routing table entries.
If an entry has not been updated for 3 minutes, the entry's metric
is set to infinity and marked for deletion. Deletions are delayed
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ routing tables every 30 seconds to all directly connected hosts
and networks.
.Pp
If
-.Nm IPXrouted
+.Nm
receives a SIGINFO signal the current contents of the RIP and SAP
tables are appended to the file /var/log/ipxrouted.dmp.
.Sh SEE ALSO
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