BOOTPTEST(8)
NAME
bootptest - send BOOTP queries and print responses
SYNOPSIS
bootptest [ -f bootfile ] [ -h ] [ -m magic_number ] server-name [tem- plate-file]
DESCRIPTION
bootptest 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 boot
- file.
- -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.
CREDITS
The bootptest program 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 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)
SEE ALSO
REFERENCES
RFC951 BOOTSTRAP PROTOCOL (BOOTP)
- RFC1048
- BOOTP Vendor Information Extensions