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rarpc(1M)							     rarpc(1M)

NAME
       rarpc - Reverse Address Resolution Protocol client

SYNOPSIS
       count] interface_name

DESCRIPTION
       the  Reverse  Address Resolution Protocol client, implements the client
       portion of the Reverse Address Resolution Protocol (see It  sends  RARP
       requests	 for  the specified interface's hardware address and waits for
       the response from the RARP server.  can be used during  boot-time  ini‐
       tialization  to find the IP address of an interface.  To do so, set the
       i] variable of interface i with in

       Options are:

	      Print debugging information.

	      Use ethernet encapsulation only.

	      Use SNAP encapsulation only.

	      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

       If a response is not received, the client will retransmit after 2  sec‐
       onds,  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 client cannot be run at the same time a daemon is running on the
	  same interface.

       2. The  client  supports	 only  ethernet, 100VG and FDDI network inter‐
	  faces.

AUTHOR
       was developed by HP.

SEE ALSO
       rarpd(1M).

       R. Finlayson, T. Mann, J.C. Mogul, M. Theimer, "Reverse Address Resolu‐
       tion Protocol", RFC 903.

								     rarpc(1M)

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