---
name: "ipx_ticks"
section: "5"
platform: "linux"
package: "ipxripd"
version: "0.7-13.1"
release: "Debian 3.1 (Sarge)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ipx_ticks"
---

# ipx\_ticks(5)

Configuration file for ipxd

## NAME

ipx\_ticks - Configuration file for ipxd

## SYNOPSIS

**/etc/ipx\_ticks**

## DESCRIPTION

The  **ipx\_ticks** file contains the configuration information required by ipxd, the IPX RIP/SAP daemon.

The RIP/SAP daemon can find out nearly all information it needs to run properly by scanning the file /proc/net/ipx\_interfaces, and by asking other routers and servers on the net. The only information it can not get this way is the time it takes to send a packet over the different interfaces. This information is required by the IPX RIP protocol. It is specified in so-called ticks, which is about 55 ms per tick.

The format of this file is very simple. On each line of the file the tick value for a physical interface is specified. The first field is the name of the interface, and the ticks value follows after a white-space.  Empty lines as well as lines starting with '#' are ignored. A possible example is the following:

   \# Tick values for IPX interfaces\
    \#\
    \# device name    ticks value\
    eth0             1\
    ppp0             7

The default ticks value for devices not specified in /etc/ipx\_ticks is 1.

## AUTHOR

Volker Lendecke \<lendecke@namu01.gwdg.de\>