opensolaris man page for rarp

rarp(7P)							     Protocols								  rarp(7P)

NAME
       rarp, RARP - Reverse address resolution protocol

DESCRIPTION
       You  use the RARP protocol to map dynamically between the Internet Protocol (IP) and network interface MAC addresses. RARP is often used to
       boot a Solaris client. RARP clients include the SPARC boot PROM, x86 boot floppy, SunOS kernel, and ifconfig(1M). in.rarpd(1M) provides the
       server-side implementation.

       RARP request timeout behavior in application-layer clients is governed by the /etc/inet/rarp default file. To tune the number of retries an
       application attempts before giving up, set the RARP_RETRIES variable in /etc/inet/rarp. If the file is not present or RARP_RETRIES  is  not
       initialized within it, applications retry a maximum of five times with a eight second wait between retries.

FILES
       /etc/inet/rarp

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |	  ATTRIBUTE TYPE	    |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	  |
       +------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability (protocol)	    | Standard			  |
       +------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability (defaults file) | Unstable			  |
       +------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability (RARP_RETRIES)  | Unstable			  |
       +------------------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO
       ifconfig(1M), in.rarpd(1M), arp(7P)

       Reverse Address Resolution Protocol RFC 903.  June, 1984 R. Finlayson, T. Mann, J.C. Mogul, M. Theimer

SunOS 5.11							    28 May 2005 							  rarp(7P)