HP-UX Reference (11i v1 00/12) - 1M System Administration Commands N-Z (vol 4)
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rarpc(1M) rarpc(1M)
NAME
rarpc - Reverse Address Resolution Protocol client
SYNOPSIS
rarpc [-d][-e|-s][-n count] interface_name
DESCRIPTION
rarpc, the Reverse Address Resolution Protocol client, implements the client portion of the Reverse
Address Resolution Protocol (see SEE ALSO). It sends RARP requests for the specified interface’s
hardware address and waits for the response from the RARP server. rarpc can be used during boot-
time initialization to find the IP address of an interface. To do so, set the IP_ADDRESS[i] variable of
interface i with IP_ADDRESS[ i]=RARP in /etc/rc.config.d/netconf.
Options are:
-d Print debugging information.
-e Use ethernet encapsulation only.
-s Use SNAP encapsulation only.
-n count 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
/sbin/init.d/net
.
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
rarpc client cannot be run at the same time a rarpd daemon is running on the same interface.
2. The
rarpc client supports only ethernet, 100VG and FDDI network interfaces.
AUTHOR
rarpc was developed by HP.
SEE ALSO
rarpd(1M).
R. Finlayson, T. Mann, J.C. Mogul, M. Theimer, "Reverse Address Resolution Protocol", RFC 903.
HP-UX Release 11i: December 2000 − 1 − Section 1M−−683
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