1.\" 2.\" bootptest.8 3.Dd June 10, 1993 4.Dt BOOTPTEST 8 5.Os 6.Sh NAME 7.Nm bootptest 8.Nd "send BOOTP queries and print responses" 9.Sh SYNOPSIS 10.Nm 11.Op Fl f Ar bootfile 12.Op Fl h 13.Op Fl m Ar magic_number 14.Ar server\-name 15.Op Ar template\-file 16.Sh DESCRIPTION 17The 18.Nm 19utility sends BOOTP requests to the host specified as 20.Ar server\-name 21at one\-second intervals until either a response is received, 22or until ten requests have gone unanswered. 23After a response is received, 24.Nm 25will wait one more second listening for additional responses. 26.Sh OPTIONS 27.Bl -tag -width indent 28.It Fl f Ar bootfile 29Fill in the boot file field of the request with 30.Ar bootfile . 31.It Fl h 32Use the hardware (Ethernet) address to identify the client. 33By default, the IP address is copied into the request 34indicating that this client already knows its IP address. 35.It Fl m Ar magic_number 36Initialize the first word of the vendor options field with 37.Ar magic_number . 38.El 39.Pp 40A 41.Ar template\-file 42may be specified, in which case 43.Nm 44uses the (binary) contents of this file to initialize the 45.Em options 46area of the request packet. 47.Sh SEE ALSO 48.Xr bootpd 8 49.Rs 50.%O RFC951 51.%T "BOOTSTRAP PROTOCOL (BOOTP)" 52.Re 53.Rs 54.%O RFC1048 55.%T "BOOTP Vendor Information Extensions" 56.Re 57.Sh AUTHORS 58The 59.Nm 60utility is a combination of original and derived works. 61The main program module 62.Pq Pa bootptest.c 63is original work by 64.An Gordon W. Ross Aq Mt gwr@mc.com . 65The packet printing module 66.Pq Pa print\-bootp.c 67is a slightly modified 68version of a file from the 69.Bx 70.Xr tcpdump 1 71program. 72.Pp 73This program includes software developed by the University of 74California, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and its contributors. 75(See the copyright notice in 76.Pa print\-bootp.c . ) 77