bootptest.8
.Dd June 10, 1993 .Dt BOOTPTEST 8 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm bootptest .Nd "send BOOTP queries and print responses" .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Op Fl f Ar bootfile .Op Fl h .Op Fl m Ar magic_number .Ar server-name .Op Ar template-file .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm utility sends BOOTP requests to the host specified as .Ar server-name at one-second intervals until either a response is received, or until ten requests have gone unanswered. After a response is received, .Nm will wait one more second listening for additional responses. .Sh OPTIONS l -tag -width indent t Fl f Ar bootfile Fill in the boot file field of the request with .Ar bootfile . t Fl 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. t Fl m Ar magic_number Initialize the first word of the vendor options field with .Ar magic_number . .El
p A .Ar template-file may be specified, in which case .Nm uses the (binary) contents of this file to initialize the .Em options area of the request packet. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr bootpd 8 .Rs .%O RFC951 .%T "BOOTSTRAP PROTOCOL (BOOTP)" .Re .Rs .%O RFC1048 .%T "BOOTP Vendor Information Extensions" .Re .Sh AUTHORS The .Nm utility is a combination of original and derived works. The main program module
q Pa bootptest.c is original work by .An Gordon W. Ross Aq Mt gwr@mc.com . The packet printing module
q Pa print-bootp.c is a slightly modified version of a file from the x .Xr tcpdump 1 program.
p This program includes software developed by the University of California, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and its contributors. (See the copyright notice in
a print-bootp.c . )