Filter
Top Products
EN Using BOOTP 115
Setting up the BOOTP server
Note For systems using NIS (Network Information Service):
If your server uses NIS, you may need to rebuild the NIS map with the BOOTP service before
performing the BOOTP configuration steps. Refer to your system documentation.
The procedure to set up the DHCP server depends on the operating system on that system. (It
may be a system other than those using the HP Jetdirect print services.)
Windows 2000 or NT servers:
On Windows NT or 2000 server systems, use the Microsoft DHCP utilities to set up print server
configuration through BOOTP.
● When you use the Windows NT DHCP procedure (with the finite lease duration and adding a
reservation in step 8), the resulting service will respond to BOOTP requests as well as to
DHCP requests from the print server. See Windows NT Procedure
.
● When you use the Windows 2000 DHCP procedure, the resulting service will respond to
BOOTP requests when you select BOOTP only or Both in step 11d. See Windows 2000
Procedure.
These systems may require third-party software for TFTP support.
UNIX servers:
A BOOTP server running UNIX must be set up with the BOOTP daemon bootpd, and must be set
up with the /etc/bootptab configuration file. The configuration data in the /etc/bootptab file must be
properly entered. See Bootptab file entries
.
TFTP is used to obtain additional configuration data from a configuration file on a TFTP server.
This file is specified in the bootptab file; see the T144 tag. See Bootptab file entries.
NetWare BOOTP servers:
For setup of NetWare BOOTP servers, refer to your NetWare documentation.
Bootptab file entries
The following is an example of an /etc/bootptab file entry for an HP Jetdirect print server:
picasso:\
:hn:\
:ht=ether:\
:vm=rfc1048:\
:ha=0001E6123456:\
:ip=192.168.45.39:\
:sm=255.255.255.0:\
:gw=192.168.40.1:\
:lg=192.168.40.3:\
:T144=“hpnp/picasso.cfg”:
A colon (:) indicates the end of a field, and a backslash (\) indicates that the entire entry is
continued on the next line—more fields. Spaces are not allowed between the characters on a line.
Names, such as host names, must begin with a letter and can contain only letters, numbers,
periods (for domain names only), and hyphens. The underline character (_) is not allowed. Refer
to your systems documentation for more information.
The configuration data contains tags that identify the various HP Jetdirect parameters and their
settings. The following table describes these tags: