2 .TH BOOTPTEST 8 "10 June 1993" "MAINTENANCE COMMANDS"
4 bootptest \- send BOOTP queries and print responses
23 sends BOOTP requests to the host specified as
25 at one\-second intervals until either a response is received,
26 or until ten requests have gone unanswered.
27 After a response is received,
29 will wait one more second listening for additional responses.
34 Fill in the boot file field of the request with
38 Use the hardware (Ethernet) address to identify the client.
39 By default, the IP address is copied into the request
40 indicating that this client already knows its IP address.
44 Initialize the first word of the vendor options field with
49 may be specified, in which case
51 uses the (binary) contents of this file to initialize the
53 area of the request packet.
56 The bootptest program is a combination of original and derived works.
57 The main program module (bootptest.c) is original work by
58 Gordon W. Ross <gwr@mc.com>.
59 The packet printing module (print-bootp.c) is a slightly modified
60 version of a file from the BSD tcpdump program.
62 This program includes software developed by the University of
63 California, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and its contributors.
64 (See the copyright notice in print-bootp.c)
71 BOOTSTRAP PROTOCOL (BOOTP)
74 BOOTP Vendor Information Extensions