Idle

rvrd can run in either of two states—running or idle.

When running, rvrd establishes neighbor connections and routes messages.

When idle, rvrd does no routing operations. However, the browser administration interface is available for configuring parameters. The process still behaves as a Rendezvous daemon (rvd).

While rvrd is in idle state, you can configure the routing table and other parameters without affecting the network in any way, without binding local resources (such as UDP services or TCP ports), and without resolving any names in the routing table. After saving the configuration in a store file (and terminating the rvrd process), you can restart rvrd using the stored configuration. Alternatively, you can move the store file to another host computer, and start rvrd there.