NAME

       bootpc - bootp client

SYNOPSIS

       bootpc   [--bootfile   file]  [--dev  device]  [--verbose]  [--debug]  [--server  addr]  [--hwaddr  addr]
       [--returniffail] [--waitformore length] [--in2host addr] [--serverbcast] [--help]

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page documents briefly the bootpc command.  This manual  page  was  written  for  the  Debian
       GNU/Linux  distribution  (but may be used by others), because the original program does not have a manual
       page.

       bootpc is a boot protocol client used to grab the machine's IP address, set up DNS nameservers and  other
       useful information.

OPTIONS

       --bootfile file
              Tell the server to use file as the boot file.

       --dev device
              Use device to communicate with the server.

       --verbose
              Be verbose.

       --debug
              Produce debugging output.

       --server addr
              Use the IP address addr to communicate with the server.

       --hwaddr addr
              Use addr as our hardware address rather than what the operating system gives us.

       --returniffail
              Terminate  the program if a failure occurs.  By default bootpc will ask the user to press a key if
              the request did not succeed.

       --waitformore length
              Wait for more responses when one is received.  bootpc will wait for at most length seconds.   This
              is probably only useful for debugging.

       --in2host addr
              Takes  an  address  and returns useful bits of the name after lookup, this was a separate program,
              but it is more compact to have both together.

       --serverbcast
              Tell the server to send back a broadcast reply.  This is necessary on Linux 2.1 and 2.2.

       --help Display the usage of bootpc.

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Herbert Xu <herbert@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may
       be used by others).