Bootp - Black Box LEP0000A User Manual

7.2.3 BOOTP

If you have the BOOTP daemon (bootpd) running on your UNIX system that's
accessible by the print server, you can use the BOOTP protocol to set up the print
server's IP address. We recommend that you locate the BOOTP server on the same
subnet as the print server. If you use Network Information Services (NIS) in your
system, you may need to rebuild the NIS map with the BOOTP services before
doing the following BOOTP configuration. To rebuild the NIS map, please refer to
your system documentation.
To configure the IP address data for the BOOTP server, you will need to log into
the BOOTP host server as the superuser (root). Perform these steps to add address
entries.
1. Assign a name corresponding to the print server's IP address. You can add
this address to the /etc/hosts file by adding a line such as:
203.66.191.12 pserver
2. Add an entry to the host's /etc/bootptab file, similar to the following:
hostname:\
:ht=1:\
:ha=print_server_ethernet_address:\
:ip=print_server_ip_address:
Lines should be indented with tabs.
The hostname is the print server's device name, the ht=1 tag specifies the
hardware type is Ethernet, and the ha=tag specifies the Ethernet address of a
print server (which is the Node ID located on the print server). The ha tag
must be preceded by the ht tag. The ip=tag should correspond to the IP
address you want to assign to the print server.
For example, consider a print server with the following configuration:
Node ID: 0000B4010101 (this implies Ethernet address is 0000B4010101)
IP address: 203.66.191.12
The print server's entry in the /etc/bootptab file should be:
PS010101:\
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