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- This program is a way to look at the route tables of local servers
- and the local workstaion. When first invoked it does a RIP broadcast
- and listens for all responses. There is a 2 second wait for the last
- packet. You will notice a few dots appear. They are simply signs of
- life. The servers that responded will then be listed on the screen
- along with the number of routes in its' table. You can then list them
- by just entering the number associated with the server and its' table
- will be listed. If there is more than a page of data three dots will
- appear at the bottom. Simply press enter to continue or press escape
- to return to the main screen. You can also compare two routers route
- tables. The display will show the routes that are in one table and
- not the other. The one disoplayed is the one that it is in.
- Because of the dynamic nature of route tables you can Relook i.e.
- send out another RIP request , wait for responses and rebuild the
- tables. At times you may not get any response ( a collision or dropped
- packet ). Just relook again and most likely they will then be there.
- Again there might be 5 routers responding and at another time 4 or 6
- ( a different number ). This is the not totally guarenteed nature of a
- broadcast protocol. You might find at one time a router has a different
- number of routes than just before . We are looking at the dynamic nature
- of routing and the constant reshuffling of route tables.
- The program by default broadcasts a request for all routes in a
- router ( a network number of FFFFFFFF ). You can change the network
- number and ask all routers what they know about a specific route.
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- Commands:
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- C Compare Two route lists
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- W Display Workstation Route Table
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- R Rebuild Route Tables
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- N Change the Network Number to Search on
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- 1-N Display Route Table For Server 'N'
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- Q Quit
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- NOTE: If you are using a Etherlink+ card and running LPO the dump of the
- workstation route table will not work. Everything else will.
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- Any Bugs-Spellings-Additions-Comments-Etc Please contact
- Bill Nolde at X2939 or by Mail ( BillN:CSO:3COM )
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