System Administration Guide, Volume 3

in.ripngd Daemon

The in.ripngd daemon implements the RIPng routing protocol for IPv6 routers. RIPng defines the IPv6 equivalent of RIP, a widely used IPv4 routing protocol based on the Bellman-Ford distance vector algorithm. The following table shows the supported options.

Table 16-4 in.ripngd Daemon Options

Option 

Description 

-p n

n specifies the alternate port number used to send/receive RIPNG packets

-q

Suppresses routing information 

-s

Forces routing information whether or not it is acting as a router 

-P

Suppresses use of poison reverse 

-S

If in.ripngd does not act as a router, it will enter only a default route for each router.