Configuring and Managing MPE/iX Internet Services (August 2002)

Chapter 4

BOOTP Service

Starting bootpd

Sample bootpd Configuration Files

The two following examples show sample bootpd configuration files.

The first examle shows the configuration for a simple network without gateways or subnets.

# The first entry is the template for options common to all of the printers.

#global.defaults:\\

# hn:\\

# ht=ether:\\

# vm=rfc1048:\\

# Now the actual entries for the individual printers are listed.

#printer1:\\

# tc=global.defaults:\\

# ha=08000903212F:\\

# ip=10.13.193.72

#printer2:\\

# tc=global.defaults:\\

# ha=0800090324AC:\\

# ip=10.13.193.73

The second example shows the configuration for a network with gateways and subnets.

#printer1:\\

# tc=global.defaults:\\

# ha=08000903212F:\\

# gw=10.13.192.2:\\

# sm=255.255.248.0:\\

# ip=10.13.193.72

#printer2:\\

# tc=global.defaults:\\

# ha=0800090324AC:\\

# gw=10.13.192.2:\\

# sm=255.255.248.0:\\

# ip=10.13.193.73

Starting bootpd

To successfully start bootpd, you must have a current and correct configuration file for it. The default file is

/etc/bootptab but you may use an alternate configuration file by specifying its POSIX file name on the

command line. Without this configuration file, bootpd will not be able to service BOOTP requests.

You can run bootpd under the Internet daemon only. You may not run it as a standalone server.