From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 28 16:42:21 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id QAA15156 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 28 Jan 1996 16:42:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id QAA15151 for ; Sun, 28 Jan 1996 16:42:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id LAA08697; Mon, 29 Jan 1996 11:24:30 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199601290054.LAA08697@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: RARP To: shorty@iii.net (Justin Seger) Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 11:24:30 +1030 (CST) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <199601282339.SAA06026@iii2.iii.net> from "Justin Seger" at Jan 28, 96 06:39:56 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Justin Seger stands accused of saying: > > Does FreeBSD support RARP? Is it built-in? Is it an extra program I can get? > How do I set it up? cain:~>which rarpd /usr/sbin/rarpd cain:~>man rarpd RARPD(8) RARPD(8) NAME rarpd - Reverse ARP Daemon SYNOPSIS rarpd [ -af ] [ interface ] DESCRIPTION Rarpd services Reverse ARP requests on the Ethernet con- nected to interface. Upon receiving a request, maps the target hardware address to an IP address via its name, which must be present in both the ethers(5) and hosts(5) databases. If a host does not exist in both databses, the translation cannot proceed and a reply will not be sent. ... cain:~>man 5 ethers ... cain:~>man 5 hosts ... > -Justin Seger- -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "wherever you go, there you are" - Buckaroo Banzai [[