Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 11:24:30 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: shorty@iii.net (Justin Seger) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: RARP Message-ID: <199601290054.LAA08697@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199601282339.SAA06026@iii2.iii.net> from "Justin Seger" at Jan 28, 96 06:39:56 pm
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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 [[
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