Re: 712/60 won't boot, strange arp addresses

[Greg MATTHEWS <G.Matthews@cs.ucl.ac.uk>]

i think the 712 series needs an rboot server and not bootp. debian has a 
package (of course!).

> 03:29:20.253733 0.0.0.0.68 > 255.255.255.255.67:  xid:0xc1f968d1 ether
> 8:0:9:91:ed:a0 [|bootp]
> 03:29:20.259366 10.1.1.254.67 > 10.1.1.253.68:  xid:0xc1f968d1
> Y:10.1.1.253 S:10.1.1.254 ether 8:0:9:91:ed:a0 sname "ironcurtai"[|bootp]
> (DF)
> 03:29:22.253780 0.0.0.0.68 > 255.255.255.255.67:  xid:0xc1f968d1 secs:2
> ether 8:0:9:91:ed:a0 [|bootp]
> 03:29:22.258825 10.1.1.254.67 > 10.1.1.253.68:  xid:0xc1f968d1 secs:2
> Y:10.1.1.253 S:10.1.1.254 ether 8:0:9:91:ed:a0 sname "ironcurtai"[|bootp]
> (DF)
> 03:29:26.253525 0.0.0.0.68 > 255.255.255.255.67:  xid:0xc1f968d1 secs:6
> ether 8:0:9:91:ed:a0 [|bootp]
> 03:29:26.258648 10.1.1.254.67 > 10.1.1.253.68:  xid:0xc1f968d1 secs:6
> Y:10.1.1.253 S:10.1.1.254 ether 8:0:9:91:ed:a0 sname "ironcurtai"[|bootp]
> (DF)
> 
> after this, some strange arp lookups appear in the tcpdump output, like
> this:
> 03:28:48.961476 arp who-has 10.1.1.253 (0:0:0:0:0:70) tell 10.1.1.254
> 03:28:49.961465 arp who-has 10.1.1.253 (0:0:0:0:0:70) tell 10.1.1.254
> 
> the arp address sometimes change, to 0:0:0:0:0:66, or :64. don't know what
> this is, bootpd replies to the requests, but they never reach the 712. i
> use the rj45 port, which worked when i bought it from a company. any
> ideas? i can send the bootptab config on request (hoping the reply will
> get to the recipient ;) )

GREG