The
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,
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
uses the (binary) contents of this file to initialize the
options
area of the request packet.
The
utility is a combination of original and derived works.
The main program module
(bootptest.c
)
is original work by
An Gordon W. Ross Aq 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 .
