OKI 6200E Manual De Usuario

the colons between each byte. The ip part of the entry 

is where the IP address is specified. There are several 

other parameters that can be specified in a bootptab 

entry. However, the three parameters shown here are 

the only ones required for Network Print Server instal-

lation.

The following sequence of events occurs during the 

power up of the Network Print Server using BOOTP.

1. A Network Print Server powers up but does not 

know its IP address. (It does know its network 

hardware address.)

2. The Network Print Server sends out a BOOTP 

request packet with its network hardware address. 

For this example, the network hardware address is 

00:40:68:17:50:A4.

3. The bootpd daemon running on a BOOTP server 

(which in this example is a UNIX workstation) sees 

the BOOTP request along with the network hard-

ware address. It looks up the network hardware 

address in the “/etc/bootptab” file. The bootpd dae-

mon finds the associated IP address of the device 

in the bootptab file.

4. The bootpd daemon transmits a response to the 

Network Print Server with the IP address 

192.168.42.55. The Network Print Server uses this 

IP address for all subsequent transmissions.

For these steps to work properly, at least one BOOTP 

daemon (bootpd) must be running on the BOOTP 

server. To test whether a BOOTP daemon is running 

on the BOOTP server, use the ps command with the 

show all process option within fifteen minutes of an