10 - 9 TCP/IP CONFIGURATION
Using BOOTP to Configure the IP Address
BOOTP is an alternative to rarp that has the advantage of allowing
configuration of the subnet mask and gateway. In order to use
BOOTP to configure the IP address make sure that BO OTP is
installed and running on your host computer (it sh ould appear in the
/etc/services file on your host as a real service; type man
bootpd or refer to your system documentation for informatio n).
BOOTP is usually started up via the /etc/inetd.conf file, so you
may need to enable it by removing the "#" i n f ro nt o f th e bo ot p entr y
in that file. For example, a typical bootp ent ry in the /etc/ine td.conf file
would be:
#bootp dgram udp wait /usr/etc/bootpd bootpd -i
Depending on the system, this entry might be call ed "bootps" inste ad
of "bootp".
BRN_310107 1 00:80:77:31:01:07 192.189.207.3
and:
BRN_310107:ht=ethernet:ha=008077310107:\
ip=192.189.207.3:
In order to enable BOOTP, simply use an editor to delet e the
"#" (if there is no "#", then BOOTP is already enabled ). The n
edit the BOOTP configuration file (usually /etc/boo tptab) and
enter the name, network type (1 for Ethernet), Ethernet
address and the IP address, subnet mask and gateway of th e
print server. Unfortunately, the exact format for doing this is
not standardized, so you will need to refer to your system
documentation to determine how to enter this information
(many UNIX systems also have template examples in the
bootptab file that you can use for reference). Some exam ples
of typical /etc/bootptab entries include: