1 .TH RARP 8 "4 August 1997" "net-tools" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
3 rarp \- manipulate the system RARP table
5 .B "rarp [-V] [--version] [-h] [--help]"
9 .B "rarp [-v] -d hostname ..."
11 .B "rarp [-v] [-t type] -s hostname hw_addr"
14 This program is obsolete. From version 2.3, the Linux kernel
15 no longer contains RARP support. For a replacement RARP daemon, see
17 ftp://ftp.dementia.org/pub/net-tools
20 manipulates the kernel's RARP table in various ways. The primary options
21 are clearing an address mapping entry and manually setting up one. For
22 debugging purposes, the
24 program also allows a complete dump of the RARP table.
28 Display the version of RARP in use.
31 Tell the user what is going on by being verbose.
34 When setting or reading the RARP table, this optional parameter tells
36 which class of entries it should check for. The default value of
42 .B "IEEE 802.3 10Mbps Ethernet".
43 Other values might include network technologies such as
51 Lists the entries in the RARP table.
55 .B "\-\-delete hostname"
56 Remove all RARP entries for the specified host.
58 .B "\-s hostname hw_addr"
60 .B "\-\-set hostname hw_addr"
61 Create a RARP address mapping entry for host
63 with hardware address set to
65 The format of the hardware address is dependent on the hardware
66 class, but for most classes one can assume that the usual presentation
67 can be used. For the Ethernet class, this is 6 bytes in hexadecimal,
70 Some systems (notably older Suns) assume that the host replying to
71 a RARP query can also provide other remote boot services. Therefore
72 never gratuitously add rarp entries unless you wish to meet the wrath
73 of the network administrator.
77 arp(8), route(8), ifconfig(8), netstat(8)
79 Ross D. Martin, <martin@trcsun3.eas.asu.edu>
81 Fred N. van Kempen, <waltje@uwalt.nl.mugnet.org>
83 Phil Blundell, <Philip.Blundell@pobox.com>