[comp.unix.questions] How do I turn on RARP handling.

bbanerje@sjuvax.UUCP (B. Banerjee) (08/28/87)

Hi,

I've  been   adding  a  bunch   of  PC's  with   various  network
boards/software to our little local net. I'd like to turn on RARP
(if possible)  on one of our  Unix systems. Most of  the users of
these PC's will be regular users. I would like to be able to give
them  a diskette  and  have them  insert and  run  it (Just  like
wordstar or something).

At any rate, I figured that  I could centralise the management by
letting them get their internet addresses via RARP. Unfortunately
I can't seem  to find out how  to turn it on with  our Vax. We're
running BSD  4.3. In case it  makes a difference, we  also have a
Microvax running Ultrix  2.0 and a Sun 2 running  3.4 on the same
network (Well,  actually the  Sun is  waiting for  the Ethernet-2
board). So, turning it on for one of these is also a possibility.

I grepped through the sources,  the documentation, and the manual
pages.  The only  match I  found was  in trek(6),  which gave  me
``w\fRarp  drive''. Though  it  sounds like  fun,  I don't  think
that's what I want :-(

Thanks (in anticipation),

				Binayak Banerjee
		{allegra | astrovax | bpa | burdvax}!sjuvax!bbanerje
			bbanerje%sjuvax.sju.edu@relay.cs.net