routed description

The routed daemon implements version I of the Routing Information Protocol (RIP I) to exchange routing information.

It uses the /etc/gateways file to initialize static routes to distant networks. The /etc/gateways file is
described in the reference manual page routed(ADMN).

If you wish to run routed, you must specify the routing daemon in /etc/default/tcp, the TCP/IP default configuration file; see the tcp(SFF) manual page.

When routed starts, it reads the /etc/gateways file (if it exists) and installs the routes defined there into its routing table. It then broadcasts on each local network to find other hosts running routed. If such hosts exist, the routing daemons cooperate in maintaining a globally consistent view of routing within an autonomous system (AS). This view can be extended to include remote networks also running routed by setting up suitable entries in /etc/gateways.