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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.erols.net!news.sprintlink.net!new-news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!news.sgi.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!sirius.ctr.columbia.edu!wpaul From: wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu (Bill Paul) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Any Info on NIS & Reverse Protocol Date: 10 Aug 1996 16:28:47 GMT Organization: Columbia University Center for Telecommunications Research Lines: 34 Message-ID: <4uidc0$84h@sol.ctr.columbia.edu> References: <01bb84d2$a69064a0$6fc4abc7@glen> NNTP-Posting-Host: sirius.ctr.columbia.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Daring to challenge the will of the almighty Leviam00se, glen (gi143@cybercomm.net) had the courage to say: : I have checked the handbook and the FAQ's. There is really not any info on : Reverse Protocol. : My goal is to have Freebsd look up the clients on the network by there MAC : address and then give them an ip address. : Any info would be helpfull. : Thank you. There is no such thing as 'Reverse Protocol.' There is such a thing as 'Reverse ARP Protocol,' and if this is what you mean, you must say so. FreeBSD has a reverse ARP daemon (rarpd) but to use it you need to compile your kernel with support for the Berkeley Packet Filter (BPF), since it needs to read raw ethernet packets to work. Careful: some of FreeBSD's ethernet drivers don't support BPF (the IntelEtherexpress 16 is one). Note that FreeBSD also supports bootp, which does not require BPF support. (Suns tend to use RARP for network booting. SGIs use bootp. FreeBSD's netboot program uses bootpd too.) As for NIS, install the man pages (contrary to what some people think, man pages are not an optional part of the system) and do a 'man -k yp' or 'man -k nis.' Read the man pages that it shows you. -Bill -- ============================================================================= -Bill Paul (212) 854-6020 | System Manager, Master of Unix-Fu Work: wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu | Center for Telecommunications Research Home: wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu | Columbia University, New York City ============================================================================= "If you're ever in trouble, go to the CTR. Ask for Bill. He will help you." =============================================================================