02-18-2005
Motd
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rarpc(1M) rarpc(1M)
NAME
rarpc - Reverse Address Resolution Protocol client
SYNOPSIS
count] interface_name
DESCRIPTION
the Reverse Address Resolution Protocol client, implements the client portion of the Reverse Address Resolution Protocol (see It sends RARP
requests for the specified interface's hardware address and waits for the response from the RARP server. can be used during boot-time ini-
tialization to find the IP address of an interface. To do so, set the i] variable of interface i with in
Options are:
Print debugging information.
Use ethernet encapsulation only.
Use SNAP encapsulation only.
Transmits count requests and waits for each one to time out before
giving up.
interface_name Identifies the interface to request information about.
If a response is received, it prints the IP address to its standard output. This information can be used to configure the interface as
seen in
If a response is not received, the client will retransmit after 2 seconds, and then after 4 seconds. After that, retransmissions occur
every 8 seconds.
RETURN VALUE
Exit status is 1 if the command fails or no RARP response is received. Exit status is 0 and the IP address is printed to standard output
if a response is received.
LIMITATIONS
1. The client cannot be run at the same time a daemon is running on the same interface.
2. The client supports only ethernet, 100VG and FDDI network interfaces.
AUTHOR
was developed by HP.
SEE ALSO
rarpd(1M).
R. Finlayson, T. Mann, J.C. Mogul, M. Theimer, "Reverse Address Resolution Protocol", RFC 903.
rarpc(1M)