1.\" $FreeBSD$ 2.\" 3.\" bootptest.8 4.Dd June 10, 1993 5.Dt BOOTPTEST 8 6.Os 7.Sh NAME 8.Nm bootptest 9.Nd "send BOOTP queries and print responses" 10.Sh SYNOPSIS 11.Nm 12.Op Fl f Ar bootfile 13.Op Fl h 14.Op Fl m Ar magic_number 15.Ar server\-name 16.Op Ar template\-file 17.Sh DESCRIPTION 18The 19.Nm 20utility sends BOOTP requests to the host specified as 21.Ar server\-name 22at one\-second intervals until either a response is received, 23or until ten requests have gone unanswered. 24After a response is received, 25.Nm 26will wait one more second listening for additional responses. 27.Sh OPTIONS 28.Bl -tag -width indent 29.It Fl f Ar bootfile 30Fill in the boot file field of the request with 31.Ar bootfile . 32.It Fl h 33Use the hardware (Ethernet) address to identify the client. 34By default, the IP address is copied into the request 35indicating that this client already knows its IP address. 36.It Fl m Ar magic_number 37Initialize the first word of the vendor options field with 38.Ar magic_number . 39.El 40.Pp 41A 42.Ar template\-file 43may be specified, in which case 44.Nm 45uses the (binary) contents of this file to initialize the 46.Em options 47area of the request packet. 48.Sh SEE ALSO 49.Xr bootpd 8 50.Rs 51.%O RFC951 52.%T "BOOTSTRAP PROTOCOL (BOOTP)" 53.Re 54.Rs 55.%O RFC1048 56.%T "BOOTP Vendor Information Extensions" 57.Re 58.Sh AUTHORS 59The 60.Nm 61utility is a combination of original and derived works. 62The main program module 63.Pq Pa bootptest.c 64is original work by 65.An "Gordon W. Ross" Aq gwr@mc.com . 66The packet printing module 67.Pq Pa print\-bootp.c 68is a slightly modified 69version of a file from the 70.Bx 71.Xr tcpdump 1 72program. 73.Pp 74This program includes software developed by the University of 75California, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and its contributors. 76(See the copyright notice in 77.Pa print\-bootp.c . ) 78