NAME

       bootptest - send BOOTP queries and print responses

SYNOPSIS

       bootptest [ -f bootfile ] [ -h ] [ -m magic_number ] server-name [template-file]

DESCRIPTION

       bootptest  sends  BOOTP  requests  to  the  host  specified  as  server-name at one-second
       intervals until either a response is received, or until ten requests have gone unanswered.
       After a response is received, bootptest will wait one more second listening for additional
       responses.

OPTIONS

       -f     bootfile Fill in the boot file field of the request with bootfile.

       -h     Use the hardware (Ethernet) address to identify the client.   By  default,  the  IP
              address is copied into the request indicating that this client already knows its IP
              address.

       -m     magic_number  Initialize  the  first  word  of  the  vendor  options   field   with
              magic_number.

       A  template-file  may  be specified, in which case bootptest uses the (binary) contents of
       this file to initialize the options area of the request packet.

CREDITS

       The bootptest program is a combination of original and derived works.   The  main  program
       module (bootptest.c) is original work by Gordon W. Ross <gwr@mc.com>.  The packet printing
       module (print-bootp.c) is a slightly modified version of  a  file  from  the  BSD  tcpdump
       program.

       This  program  includes  software  developed  by  the  University  of California, Lawrence
       Berkeley Laboratory and its contributors.  (See the copyright notice in print-bootp.c)

SEE ALSO

       bootpd(8)

REFERENCES

       RFC951 BOOTSTRAP PROTOCOL (BOOTP)

       RFC1048
              BOOTP Vendor Information Extensions