BOOTPTEST(8)BOOTPTEST(8)NAMEbootptest - send BOOTP queries and print responses
SYNOPSISbootptest [ -f bootfile ] [ -h ] [ -m magic_number ] server-name [tem‐
plate-file]
DESCRIPTIONbootptest 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 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.
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 Califor‐
nia, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and its contributors. (See the copy‐
right notice in print-bootp.c)
SEE ALSObootpd(8)REFERENCES
RFC951 BOOTSTRAP PROTOCOL (BOOTP)
RFC1048
BOOTP Vendor Information Extensions
MAINTENANCE COMMANDS 10 June 1993 BOOTPTEST(8)