1 .\" $FreeBSD: src/libexec/bootpd/tools/bootptest/bootptest.8,v 1.2.2.1 2001/01/16 13:14:38 ru Exp $
2 .\" $DragonFly: src/libexec/bootpd/tools/bootptest/bootptest.8,v 1.4 2007/11/23 23:16:36 swildner Exp $
10 .Nd "send BOOTP queries and print responses"
15 .Op Fl m Ar magic_number
20 sends BOOTP requests to the host specified as
22 at one\-second intervals until either a response is received,
23 or until ten requests have gone unanswered.
24 After a response is received,
26 will wait one more second listening for additional responses.
28 .Bl -tag -width indent
30 Fill in the boot file field of the request with
33 Use the hardware (Ethernet) address to identify the client.
34 By default, the IP address is copied into the request
35 indicating that this client already knows its IP address.
36 .It Fl m Ar magic_number
37 Initialize the first word of the vendor options field with
43 may be specified, in which case
45 uses the (binary) contents of this file to initialize the
47 area of the request packet.
52 .%T "BOOTSTRAP PROTOCOL (BOOTP)"
56 .%T "BOOTP Vendor Information Extensions"
61 program is a combination of original and derived works.
62 The main program module
65 .An "Gordon W. Ross" Aq gwr@mc.com .
66 The packet printing module
68 is a slightly modified
69 version of a file from the
74 This program includes software developed by the University of
75 California, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and its contributors.
76 (See the copyright notice in
77 .Pa print\-bootp.c . )