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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/IPXrouted/IPXrouted.8')
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diff --git a/usr.sbin/IPXrouted/IPXrouted.8 b/usr.sbin/IPXrouted/IPXrouted.8 index 117a4ab..54ba41b 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/IPXrouted/IPXrouted.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/IPXrouted/IPXrouted.8 @@ -50,15 +50,22 @@ .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm -utility 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 +utility is invoked at boot time to manage the +.Tn IPX +routing tables. +The +.Tn IPX +routing daemon uses the Novell +.Tn IPX +Routing Information Protocol in maintaining up to date kernel routing table entries. .Pp Available options: .Bl -tag -width logfile .It Fl N -Do not reply on GetNearestServer SAP request. +Do not reply on GetNearestServer +.Tn SAP +request. .It Fl q Do not supply routing information (opposite of .Fl s @@ -70,21 +77,23 @@ to supply routing information whether it is acting as an internetwork router or not. .It Fl S Do not supply Service Advertising Protocol -(SAP) +.Tn SAP information. The default is to supply -SAP +.Tn SAP information. .It Fl t All packets sent or received are -printed on the standard output. In addition, +printed on the standard output. +In addition, .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 Ns 's -actions should be logged. This log contains information +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 the changed route. @@ -93,8 +102,11 @@ the changed route. In normal operation .Nm listens -for routing information packets. If the host is connected to -multiple IPX networks, it periodically supplies copies +for routing information packets. +If the host is connected to +multiple +.Tn IPX +networks, it periodically supplies copies of its routing tables to any directly connected hosts and networks. .Pp @@ -107,8 +119,8 @@ to find those directly connected interfaces configured into the system and marked .Dq up -(the software loopback interface -is ignored). If multiple interfaces +(the software loopback interface is ignored). +If multiple interfaces are present, it is assumed the host will forward packets between networks. The @@ -128,7 +140,8 @@ When a packet is received, .Nm formulates a reply based on the information maintained in its -internal tables. The +internal tables. +The .Em response packet generated contains a list of known routes, each marked with a @@ -148,11 +161,13 @@ conditions is satisfied: .Bl -bullet .It No routing table entry exists for the destination network -or host, and the metric indicates the destination is ``reachable'' +or host, and the metric indicates the destination is +.Dq reachable (i.e. the hop count is not infinite). .It The source host of the packet is the same as the router in the -existing routing table entry. That is, updated information is +existing routing table entry. +That is, updated information is being received from the very internetwork router through which packets for the destination are being routed. .It @@ -181,7 +196,8 @@ In addition to processing incoming packets, .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 +is set to infinity and marked for deletion. +Deletions are delayed an additional 60 seconds to insure the invalidation is propagated to other routers. .Pp @@ -191,8 +207,16 @@ and networks. .Pp If .Nm -receives a SIGINFO signal the current contents of the RIP and SAP -tables are appended to the file /var/log/ipxrouted.dmp. +receives a SIGINFO signal the current contents of the +.Tn RIP +and +.Tn SAP +tables are appended to the file +.Pa /var/log/ipxrouted.dmp . .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr ipx 3 .Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +utility first appeared in +.Fx 2.2 . |