1rarp(7P)                           Protocols                          rarp(7P)
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NAME

6       rarp, RARP - Reverse address resolution protocol
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DESCRIPTION

9       You  use the RARP protocol to map dynamically between the Internet Pro‐
10       tocol (IP) and network interface MAC addresses. RARP is often  used  to
11       boot  a  Solaris  client. RARP clients include the SPARC boot PROM, x86
12       boot floppy, SunOS kernel, and ifconfig(1M). in.rarpd(1M) provides  the
13       server-side implementation.
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16       RARP  request timeout behavior in application-layer clients is governed
17       by the /etc/inet/rarp default file. To tune the number  of  retries  an
18       application attempts before giving up, set the RARP_RETRIES variable in
19       /etc/inet/rarp. If the file is not present or RARP_RETRIES is not  ini‐
20       tialized  within  it, applications retry a maximum of five times with a
21       eight second wait between retries.
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FILES

24       /etc/inet/rarp
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ATTRIBUTES

27       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
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32       ┌────────────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
33       │          ATTRIBUTE TYPE            │       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       │
34       ├────────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
35       │Interface Stability (protocol)      │ Standard                    │
36       ├────────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
37       │Interface Stability (defaults file) │ Unstable                    │
38       ├────────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
39       │Interface Stability (RARP_RETRIES)  │ Unstable                    │
40       └────────────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
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SEE ALSO

43       ifconfig(1M), in.rarpd(1M), arp(7P)
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46       Reverse Address Resolution Protocol RFC 903.  June, 1984 R.  Finlayson,
47       T. Mann, J.C. Mogul, M. Theimer
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51SunOS 5.11                        28 May 2005                         rarp(7P)
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