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Elements / Iproute

RIPSend

periodically generates specified RIP II packet

SYNOPSIS§

RIPSend(SRC, DST, PREFIX, METRIC)

Ports: no inputs, 1 output
Processing: push

DESCRIPTION§

Sends periodic RIP II packets with specified contents, including UDP and IP headers.

EXAMPLES§

Send out advertisements to net 18.26.4, indicating that route 18.26.4.24 knows how to get to net 10 with hop count 10:

 RIPSend(18.26.4.24, 18.26.4.255, 10.0.0.0/8, 10) ->
 EtherEncap(0x0008, 00:00:c0:ae:67:ef, ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff) ->
 ToDevice(eth0);

NOTES§

Note that this is just a tiny piece of a full RIP implementation.

Generated by click-elem2man from ../elements/ip/ripsend.hh:8 on 2026/11/02.