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RARP

The Brother print server IP address can be configured using the Reverse ARP (RARP) facility on your 
host computer. This is done by editing the /etc/ethers file (if this file does not exist, you can create it) 
with an entry similar to the following:

00:80:77:31:01:07   BRN_310107

Where the first entry is the Ethernet address of the print server and the second entry is the name of 
the print server (the name must be the same as the one you put in the /etc/hosts file).

If the rarp daemon is not already running, start it (depending on the system the command can be rarpd, 
rarpd -a, in.rarpd -a or something else; type man rarpd or refer to your system documentation for 
additional information). To verify that the rarp daemon is running on a Berkeley UNIX

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 based system, 

type the following command:

ps -ax | grep -v grep | grep rarpd

For AT&T UNIX

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 based systems, type:

ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep rarpd

The Brother print server will get the IP address from the rarp daemon when it is powered on. 

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BOOTP

BOOTP is an alternative to rarp that has the advantage of allowing configuration of the subnet mask 
and gateway. In order to use BOOTP to configure the IP address make sure that BOOTP is installed 
and running on your host computer (it should appear in the /etc/services file on your host as a real 
service; type man bootpd or refer to your system documentation for information). BOOTP is usually 
started up via the /etc/inetd.conf file, so you may need to enable it by removing the “#” in front of the 
bootp entry in that file. For example, a typical bootp entry in the /etc/inetd.conf file would be:

#bootp dgram udp wait /usr/etc/bootpd bootpd -i

Note

Depending on the system, this entry might be called “bootps” instead of “bootp”.