Kyocera Printserver Installation Manual page 17

1.2.2.2. The RARP Boot Protocol
Requirements
What Happens
When the Print
Server Is Turned
On?
What Happens
When Printing?
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either the local 'etc/hosts' file or the DNS host. The print data can
then be sent to this IP address.
You can also enter the IP address instead of the host name during
print server installation. If you have done this, you may then send
print data directly to the IP address.
If your network uses the RARP boot protocol, either the
'/etc/ethers' file or the '/etc/rarpd.cf' file must be supplemented.
The choice of which file to supplement depends on how the RARP
network service was implemented on your UNIX system. Please
read the section concerning 'rarpd' in your UNIX documentation if
necessary.
Both files are located on the host running the RARP daemon. The
files contain a permanent copy of the allocation of the host names
and the IP address to the hardware address.
Make sure that:
! The 'RARP' parameter has been activated (see status page).
Once the print server has been turned on, it asks the RARP for the
IP address and the host name. The answer of the RARP host
server, which contains the IP address, is sent as a data packet and
saved in the print server.
During the installation of the print server, its host name is
displayed on the monitor of the computer intended for printing.
The computer finds the IP address of the print server by means of
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