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From: dixon@gumby.paradyne.com (0000-Tom Dixon(0000))
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: NCSA Telnet / Packet Drivers / RARP
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Date: 17 Aug 89 02:50:27 GMT
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In article <4172@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU> anderer@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (David G Anderer) writes:
>
>...  There are also Sun workstations (Sun OS 4.0) on the ethernet.
Good.

>Except for one thing:  NCSA telnet support getting the IP address for the
>PC via RARP.  That works fine if you use an NCSA direct-hardware definition.
>However, if you tell NCSA to use a packet driver, the RARP attempt fails.
>-- 
>Dave Anderer
>Academic Computing and Instructional Technology
>University of Delaware

Well, Well, Well.  This is scary.  That posting looks like one I posted
about 3 months ago.  Just about word for word.

Since then, I have learned all about something neat called bootp.  Seems
that the packet drivers have  a known bug that has to do with RARP.  It 
doesn't work.

You need to setup a bootp server on your sun and run bootp instead.  It
actually is an improvement.  It will download IP addresses, netmasks, 
along with gateway and domain nameserver information.  It is pretty
slick.

Send me mail if you want the bootpd sun sources.

Tom Dixon
AT&T Paradyne
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