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Using BOOTP to Configure the IP Address

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

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

BRN_310107 1  00:80:77:31:01:07 192.189.207.3

and:

BRN_310107:ht=ethernet:ha=008077310107:\
ip=192.189.207.3:

In order to enable BOOTP, simply use an editor to delete the 
"#" (if there is no "#", then BOOTP is already enabled). Then 
edit the BOOTP configuration file (usually /etc/bootptab) and 
enter the name, network type (1 for Ethernet), Ethernet 
address and the IP address, subnet mask and gateway of the 
print server. Unfortunately, the exact format for doing this is 
not standardized, so you will need to refer to your system 
documentation to determine how to enter this information 
(many UNIX systems also have template examples in the 
bootptab file that you can use for reference). Some examples 
of typical /etc/bootptab entries include: