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diff --git a/doc/bird.sgml b/doc/bird.sgml index 786f124b..33f6418f 100644 --- a/doc/bird.sgml +++ b/doc/bird.sgml @@ -4443,7 +4443,8 @@ you can't use RIP on networks where maximal distance is higher than 15 hosts. <p>BIRD supports RIPv1 (<rfc id="1058">), RIPv2 (<rfc id="2453">), RIPng (<rfc -id="2080">), and RIP cryptographic authentication (<rfc id="4822">). +id="2080">), Triggered RIP for demand circuits (<rfc id="2091">), and RIP +cryptographic authentication (<rfc id="4822">). <p>RIP is a very simple protocol, and it has a lot of shortcomings. Slow convergence, big network load and inability to handle larger networks makes it @@ -4473,6 +4474,7 @@ protocol rip [ng] [<name>] { version 1|2; split horizon <switch>; poison reverse <switch>; + demand circuit <switch>; check zero <switch>; update time <number>; timeout time <number>; @@ -4577,6 +4579,16 @@ protocol rip [ng] [<name>] { used. The poisoned reverse has some advantages in faster convergence, but uses more network traffic. Default: yes. + <tag><label id="rip-iface-demand-circuit">demand circuit <m/switch/</tag> + Regular RIP sends periodic full updates on an interface. There is the + Triggered RIP extension for demand circuits (<rfc id="2091">), which + removes periodic updates and introduces update acknowledgments. When + enabled, there is no RIP communication in steady-state network. Note + that in order to work, it must be enabled on both sides. As there are + no hello packets, it depends on hardware link state to detect neighbor + failures. Also, it is designed for PtP links and it does not work + properly with multiple RIP neighbors on an interface. Default: no. + <tag><label id="rip-iface-check-zero">check zero <m/switch/</tag> Received RIPv1 packets with non-zero values in reserved fields should be discarded. This option specifies whether the check is performed or |