RARP; was Re (3): arp and /etc/ethers
From: Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 20:24:34 -0600
> It is very unusual to need to manually set entries in the arp table.
Here's the bigger picture. I'm working to install NetBSD on the old Sparcstation 2
using netboot. In the first step, the SS2 should get it's IP address from a Debian server
by means of RARP. Back at the end of July it was no trouble. Now the the SS2 console
reports no ARP/RARP response. I wonder whether this situation is consequent to an
update in Squeeze or to a configuration detail I've overlooked. My question about
arp and /etc/ethers is from troubleshooting RARP. If the server hasn't noticed
/etc/ethers I don't expect it to give the RARP response.
The other day I noticed this.
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http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2009/03/msg00780.html
# From: MartA-n Ferrari <tincho@debian.or.>
# Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 14:30:18 -0300
...
* rarp should be dropped, as the linux kernel doesn't support it
anymore, since the 2.3 series. The replacement, arpd, is already
included in iproute.
...
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Can arpd also provide RARP? Is rarpd unnecessary now?
Is anyone currently using RARP and netbooting from a Debian Squeeze? Any tips?
Thanks, ... Peter E.
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