RIP on linux

hello,
I want to know does linux uses RIP? Where and in which
services? Does RIP is bound to Hardware Routers and not for linux set
as routers?
IS RIP the only protocol that sends routing update messages from one
Router to Other router?
Does Routing protocols are Application or Network layer
protocols? If RIP can be implemented on linux then how the routing
messages sent? I read that RIP uses UDP? Is that right? What about
OSPF?
I am usinf Redhat 9.

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> hello,
> I want to know does linux uses RIP? Where and in which
> services? Does RIP is bound to Hardware Routers and not for linux set
> as routers?
> IS RIP the only protocol that sends routing update messages from one
> Router to Other router?
> Does Routing protocols are Application or Network layer
> protocols? If RIP can be implemented on linux then how the routing
> messages sent? I read that RIP uses UDP? Is that right? What about
> OSPF?
> I am usinf Redhat 9.
>

Search Google for Zebra and/or Quagga.

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
Hi!
> hello,
> I want to know does linux uses RIP?
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Yes, it can be used for small networks (less than 14 hops)
> Where and in which
> services? Does RIP is bound to Hardware Routers and not for linux set
> as routers?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Can (could) be run on each OS
> IS RIP the only protocol that sends routing update messages from one
> Router to Other router?
No, RIP, RIP2 and Ospf are also pretty popular (see Trygves post, Ospf
implementation was called Zebra, the most recent Ospf project is Quagga)
> Does Routing protocols are Application or Network layer
> protocols? If RIP can be implemented on linux then how the routing
> messages sent? I read that RIP uses UDP? Is that right?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Yes, RIP uses UDP. Rip is a routing protocoll, so it offers a service to
Layer 3. But it is run in userspace, so definetly no Network layer
protocoll.
> What about
> OSPF?
^^^^^^^
In the Quagga implementation it uses multicasting
> I am usinf Redhat 9.
I am usinf Gentoo ;-)
Alex

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:

> I want to know does linux uses RIP?

If you want it to, sure.
If it's connected to a RIP router then every single packet will use it.

> Where and in which services?

Euh ? RIP *is* a service.

> Does RIP is bound to Hardware Routers and not for linux set
> as routers?

RIP is a protocol.
There are several Linux implementations of it.

> IS RIP the only protocol that sends routing update messages from one
> Router to Other router?

No, all routing protocols send updates.
They wouldn't actually work otherwise.

> Does Routing protocols are Application or Network layer protocols?

Do you own any applications that speak RIP ?
No, I thought not - it's a Network protocol.

> If RIP can be implemented on linux then how the routing
> messages sent? I read that RIP uses UDP? Is that right?

UDP port 520.

> What about OSPF?

What about it ?
Do you mean does Linux support it, or have a server for it ?

www.protocols.com for all your protocol needs.

> I am usinf Redhat 9.

I'm sorry.


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