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Old 01-19-2007
Jumpstart: Rarp protocol specifics
I am having trouble locating a boot server on my subnet. I am trying to avoid installing a boot server if one exisits. Is there a way for me to broadcast a Rarp request to see if any boot servers are on my subnet and if so identify them? I think this will only work if the Rarp protocol supports replying with a failure response to the sender in the case where there is a boot server but no ethernet address is defined on the boot server for the requestor.
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Old 01-19-2007
Nope, if there is no matching ethers on the machine it simply will not reply to a rarp request.
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Old 01-21-2007
Thanks for saving me the hassle of looking through the rfc.
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Old 01-21-2007
The only thing I can think of that *might* help is, if it is allowed in your environment is you portscan for tftp running on any machines in the subnet.
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