bootptest - send BOOTP queries and print responses
bootptest [ -f bootfile ] [ -h ] [ -m
magic_number ] server-name [template-file]
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.
- -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.
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)
- RFC951
- BOOTSTRAP PROTOCOL (BOOTP)
- RFC1048
- BOOTP Vendor Information Extensions