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6.3.4 RARP
The procedure below enables the RARP daemon
running on your system to respond to a RARP request
from the print server and to assign the IP address to the
print server.
1. Log in the host of RARP server as the superuser (root).
2. Assign a name corresponding to the print server ’s IP
address. You can add this address to the /etc/hosts file,
by adding a line such as:
203.66.191.12 pserver
3. Add the Ethernet address and the host name for the
print server to the /etc/ethers file, by adding a line such as:
00:00:B4:01:01:01 pserver
Where the Ethernet address of the print server is the
Node ID located on the print server.
4. If your system uses Network Information Services
(NIS), you will need to make changes to the NIS host and
ethers databases.
5. Check if the RARP daemon is running using the ps and
grep commands. If the RARP daemon is not running on
your host, type “rarpd -a” to run the RARP server.