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rarp(7P)			   Protocols			      rarp(7P)

NAME
       rarp, RARP - Reverse address resolution protocol

DESCRIPTION
       You  use the RARP protocol to map dynamically between the Internet Pro‐
       tocol (IP) and network interface MAC addresses. RARP is often  used  to
       boot  a	Solaris	 client. RARP clients include the SPARC boot PROM, x86
       boot floppy, SunOS kernel, and ifconfig(1M). in.rarpd(1M) provides  the
       server-side implementation.

       RARP  request timeout behavior in application-layer clients is governed
       by the /etc/inet/rarp default file. To tune the number  of  retries  an
       application attempts before giving up, set the RARP_RETRIES variable in
       /etc/inet/rarp. If the file is not present or RARP_RETRIES is not  ini‐
       tialized	 within	 it, applications retry a maximum of five times with a
       eight second wait between retries.

FILES
       /etc/inet/rarp

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       ┌────────────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
       │	  ATTRIBUTE TYPE	    │	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	  │
       ├────────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
       │Interface Stability (protocol)	    │ Standard			  │
       ├────────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
       │Interface Stability (defaults file) │ Unstable			  │
       ├────────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
       │Interface Stability (RARP_RETRIES)  │ Unstable			  │
       └────────────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘

SEE ALSO
       ifconfig(1M), in.rarpd(1M), arp(7P)

       Reverse Address Resolution Protocol RFC 903.  June, 1994 R.  Finlayson,
       T. Mann, J.C. Mogul, M. Theimer

SunOS 5.10			  8 Nov 2001			      rarp(7P)

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