nrelease - fix/improve livecd
[dragonfly.git] / libexec / bootpd / tools / bootptest / bootptest.8
CommitLineData
984263bc
MD
1.\" $FreeBSD: src/libexec/bootpd/tools/bootptest/bootptest.8,v 1.2.2.1 2001/01/16 13:14:38 ru Exp $
2.\"
3.\" bootptest.8
4.Dd June 10, 1993
5.Dt BOOTPTEST 8
6.Os
7.Sh NAME
8.Nm bootptest
9.Nd "send BOOTP queries and print responses"
10.Sh SYNOPSIS
11.Nm
12.Op Fl f Ar bootfile
13.Op Fl h
14.Op Fl m Ar magic_number
15.Ar server\-name
16.Op Ar template\-file
17.Sh DESCRIPTION
18.Nm
19sends BOOTP requests to the host specified as
20.Ar server\-name
21at one\-second intervals until either a response is received,
22or until ten requests have gone unanswered.
23After a response is received,
24.Nm
25will wait one more second listening for additional responses.
26.Sh OPTIONS
27.Bl -tag -width indent
28.It Fl f Ar bootfile
29Fill in the boot file field of the request with
30.Ar bootfile .
31.It Fl h
32Use the hardware (Ethernet) address to identify the client.
33By default, the IP address is copied into the request
34indicating that this client already knows its IP address.
35.It Fl m Ar magic_number
36Initialize the first word of the vendor options field with
37.Ar magic_number .
38.El
39.Pp
40A
41.Ar template\-file
42may be specified, in which case
43.Nm
44uses the (binary) contents of this file to initialize the
45.Em options
46area of the request packet.
d600454b
SW
47.Sh SEE ALSO
48.Xr bootpd 8
49.Rs
cabeba47 50.%O RFC 951
d600454b
SW
51.%T "BOOTSTRAP PROTOCOL (BOOTP)"
52.Re
53.Rs
cabeba47 54.%O RFC 1048
d600454b
SW
55.%T "BOOTP Vendor Information Extensions"
56.Re
984263bc
MD
57.Sh AUTHORS
58The
59.Nm
60program is a combination of original and derived works.
61The main program module
62.Pq Pa bootptest.c
63is original work by
3f1f8d16 64.An Gordon W. Ross Aq Mt gwr@mc.com .
984263bc
MD
65The packet printing module
66.Pq Pa print\-bootp.c
67is a slightly modified
68version of a file from the
69.Bx
70.Xr tcpdump 1
71program.
72.Pp
73This program includes software developed by the University of
74California, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and its contributors.
75(See the copyright notice in
76.Pa print\-bootp.c . )