User`s guide

Setting the
Internet
Address
7-3
UNIX Utilities
The bootp Protocol
The Bootstrap Protocol (bootp) is an application-level protocol used
for reading operating environment parameters (such as the Internet
address) at printer startup.
1 If necessary, update the system host table by adding the fol-
lowing line to the /etc/hosts file:
internetaddress hostname ↵
where
internetaddress is the Internet address of the printer
and
hostname is the name of the host.
2 If necessary, update your alias name databases (Yellow
Pages and YP/NIS).
Use the cd /var/yp and make commands.
3 Add the following single line to the boot table (usually, the
/etc/bootptab file) on your host:
hostname : ht= type : vm= format : ha= hardadd :
ip=
intadd : sm= submask : gw= router
Use the following table to find the appropriate information with
which to replace the variables in this line:
This field... uses this
variable.
Replace the variable with...
Host Name
hostname the name of the host
ht Hardware Type type the hardware type:
ether—Ethernet
token—Token-Ring
vm Vendor Magic format the bootp report format—
usually, this should be
rfc1048
ha Hardware Address hardadd the printer’s Ethernet or Token-
Ring address
ip Internet Address intadd the printer’s Internet address
sm Subnet Mask submask the subnet mask value
gw Gateway router the default router (gateway)
address