1 .\" $FreeBSD: src/libexec/bootpd/tools/bootptest/bootptest.8,v 1.2.2.1 2001/01/16 13:14:38 ru Exp $
9 .Nd "send BOOTP queries and print responses"
14 .Op Fl m Ar magic_number
19 sends BOOTP requests to the host specified as
21 at one\-second intervals until either a response is received,
22 or until ten requests have gone unanswered.
23 After a response is received,
25 will wait one more second listening for additional responses.
27 .Bl -tag -width indent
29 Fill in the boot file field of the request with
32 Use the hardware (Ethernet) address to identify the client.
33 By default, the IP address is copied into the request
34 indicating that this client already knows its IP address.
35 .It Fl m Ar magic_number
36 Initialize the first word of the vendor options field with
42 may be specified, in which case
44 uses the (binary) contents of this file to initialize the
46 area of the request packet.
50 program is a combination of original and derived works.
51 The main program module
54 .An "Gordon W. Ross" Aq gwr@mc.com .
55 The packet printing module
57 is a slightly modified
58 version of a file from the
63 This program includes software developed by the University of
64 California, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and its contributors.
65 (See the copyright notice in
66 .Pa print\-bootp.c . )
71 .%T "BOOTSTRAP PROTOCOL (BOOTP)"
75 .%T "BOOTP Vendor Information Extensions"