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rarpd
answer RARP REQUESTs




arping
-aAvde
-b 






Listens
RARP
requests from clients. Provided MAC address of client
is found in /etc/ethers database and
obtained host name is resolvable to an IP address appropriate
for attached network, 

To allow multiple boot servers on the network /etc/tftpboot.





This facility is deeply obsoleted by
BOOTP
and later
DHCP protocols.
However, some clients really still need this to boot.








 
  
  
Listen on all the interfaces. Currently it is an internal
option, its function is overridden with 
 

 
  
  
Listen not only RARP but also ARP messages, some rare clients
use ARP by some unknown reason.
  
 

 
  
  
Be verbose.
  
 

 
  
  
Debug mode. Do not go to background.
  
 

 
  
  
Do not check for presence of a boot image, reply if MAC address
resolves to a valid IP address using /etc/ethers
database and DNS. 
  
 

 
  -b 
  
TFTP boot directory. Default is /etc/tftpboot
  
 






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Alexey Kuznetsov
<kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru>.











ftp://ftp.inr.ac.ru/ip-routing/iputils-current.tar.gz.






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