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Appendix A

Configuring the ARN for Netboot and

Directed Netboot

The following commands configure the ARN for netboot and directed netboot:

•Use the ifconfig command to configure the router initial IP interface to the network. You need this information to complete the procedure in “Continuing with Netboot” in Chapter 2.

•Use the bconfig command to specify the location and name of the ARN software image and configuration file. You need this information to complete the procedure in “Continuing with Directed Netboot” in Chapter 2.

Contact your network administrator for additional assistance in determining the appropriate ifconfig command and bconfig commands that you need for the ARN at your site. (Your network administrator has information on these commands in Configuring Remote Access.)

Using the ifconfig Command

A router interface cannot communicate in an IP network without an IP address. Because an ARN netboots over one of its serial, DSU/CSU, Ethernet, or Token Ring links, the netboot interface must have a valid IP address.

You use the ifconfig command to do the following:

•Configure the router’s initial IP interface to the network. (The initial IP interface should be a serial interface if you are using EZ-Install.) You also use the same procedure to configure other serial interfaces for the netbooting procedure.

•Configure Ethernet or token ring interfaces for the netbooting procedure.

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