Compaq T1500 manual Configuring Terminal Start-Up Resources, Bootp

2 Configuring Terminal Start-Up Resources

Several network resources are either required or recommended for starting up the terminal initially in a network-boot environment. The resources in this category use the following 6 network protocols:

BOOTPNFSDHCP

DNS TFTP Time Server

A brief description of the resources and any special configuration requirements for each protocol are provided in this chapter. Some resources (such as NFS) may also be described in other chapters of this document.

BOOTP

BOOTP is a protocol used in a network-boot environment for providing all information that the terminal needs to start with minimal functionality. Either BOOTP or DHCP (described below) is required in a network-boot environment. BOOTP is not used in local-boot environments.

Note

Since DHCP has mostly superseded BOOTP, it is recommended that DHCP be used instead of BOOTP for network boot.

Note

BOOTP is not currently supported by Microsoft NT, although it is supported by Windows 2000.