75 lines
1.7 KiB
Groff
75 lines
1.7 KiB
Groff
.\" bootptest.8
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.TH BOOTPTEST 8 "10 June 1993" "MAINTENANCE COMMANDS"
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.SH NAME
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bootptest \- send BOOTP queries and print responses
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.LP
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.B bootptest
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[
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.B \-f
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.I bootfile
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]
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[
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.B \-h
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]
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[
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.B \-m
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.I magic_number
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]
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.I server\-name
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.RI [ template-file ]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B bootptest
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sends BOOTP requests to the host specified as
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.I server\-name
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at one\-second intervals until either a response is received,
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or until ten requests have gone unanswered.
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After a response is received,
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.B bootptest
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will wait one more second listening for additional responses.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.TP
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.B \-f
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.I bootfile
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Fill in the boot file field of the request with
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.IR bootfile .
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.TP
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.B \-h
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Use the hardware (Ethernet) address to identify the client.
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By default, the IP address is copied into the request
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indicating that this client already knows its IP address.
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.TP
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.B \-m
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.I magic_number
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Initialize the first word of the vendor options field with
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.IR magic_number .
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.LP
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A
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.I template-file
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may be specified, in which case
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.B bootptest
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uses the (binary) contents of this file to initialize the
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.I options
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area of the request packet.
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.SH CREDITS
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.LP
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The bootptest program is a combination of original and derived works.
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The main program module (bootptest.c) is original work by
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Gordon W. Ross <gwr@mc.com>.
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The packet printing module (print-bootp.c) is a slightly modified
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version of a file from the BSD tcpdump program.
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.LP
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This program includes software developed by the University of
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California, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and its contributors.
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(See the copyright notice in print-bootp.c)
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.LP
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bootpd(8)
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.SH REFERENCES
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.TP
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RFC951
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BOOTSTRAP PROTOCOL (BOOTP)
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.TP
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RFC1048
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BOOTP Vendor Information Extensions
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