First of all sorry for the empty post, I pressed the wrong button in Lotus
Notes.
> I have never tried rip98, even didn't remember of its existence ''''':-(,,,,,,,
It was invented by John G8BPQ as a more RF friendly version of RIP-2.
> Rip-2 is very simple, it cannot be so bad...
It is simple, but looking at the protocol you'll see a lot of optional fields
full of 0's that aren't used. A RIP-98 entry is much smaller and can get many
individual routing entries per 256 byte packet, whereas RIP-2 only gets a
handful.
> But: does rip98 support classeless subnetting (routes+mask) ? That's very
> important. Rip-1 didn't.
It uses the concept of an IP address and the number of significant bits, like
the routing system in NET/NOS.
> Also, rip-2 has a very nice feature: You can define a "password" that must be
> in the update to be accepted (and there is also a way to use MD5...).
Not as such, but you can list stations whom you trust to send you updates. I
really can't remember the details of the top of my head though.
> >Its been in the ax25-utils for years as rip98d.
> Where could I fetch the documentation of rip98 ??
I remember a sort of RFC on RIP-98 was written by Darryl G7LED many years ago,
but I never got a copy. Essentially RIP-98 is a reformatted RIP-2 which saves
space. The rest is down to implementation away from the protocol itself.
> --
> Saludos de Juli�n/EA4ACL
> -.-
Jonathan HB9/G4KLX
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