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NAME
bootptest - send BOOTP queries and print responses
SYNOPSIS
bootptest [-f bootfile] [-h] [-m magic_number] server-name
[template-file]
DESCRIPTION
The bootptest utility sends BOOTP requests to the host specified as
server-name at one-second intervals until either a response is received,
or until ten requests have gone unanswered. After a response is
received, bootptest will wait one more second listening for additional
responses.
OPTIONS
-f bootfile
Fill in the boot file field of the request with bootfile.
-h Use the hardware (Ethernet) address to identify the client. By
default, the IP address is copied into the request indicating
that this client already knows its IP address.
-m magic_number
Initialize the first word of the vendor options field with
magic_number.
A template-file may be specified, in which case bootptest uses the
(binary) contents of this file to initialize the options area of the
request packet.
SEE ALSO
bootpd(8)
BOOTSTRAP PROTOCOL (BOOTP), RFC951.
BOOTP Vendor Information Extensions, RFC1048.
AUTHORS
The bootptest utility is a combination of original and derived works.
The main program module (bootptest.c) is original work by Gordon W. Ross
<gwr@mc.com>. The packet printing module (print-bootp.c) is a slightly
modified version of a file from the BSD tcpdump(1) program.
This program includes software developed by the University of California,
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and its contributors. (See the copyright
notice in print-bootp.c.)
FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE-p11 June 10, 1993 FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE-p11