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Appendix A

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A

Using RARP to configure the IP address 

The Brother print server’s 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: (“

BRN

” below is “

BRW

” for a wireless network.)

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

®

 based system, type 

the following command:

ps -ax | grep -v grep | grep rarpd

For AT&T UNIX

®

-based systems, type:

ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep rarpd

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