Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!hedrick From: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu (Charles Hedrick) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: BOOTP vendor support Keywords: network bootstrap protocols Message-ID: Date: 5 Aug 88 08:28:00 GMT References: <1425@sbcs.sunysb.edu> Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 9 To: root@sbcs.sunysb.edu The only vendor that I know uses bootp is cisco. Their gateways can use it to get IP addresses. (They can also use RARP - they send both types of request, and believe whichever response they hear.) They also have the code needed to pass bootp requests across gateways. I've never understood why other vendors don't use it, since it's clearly easier to install than RARP, and more general. I've not had any trouble bringing up bootp on Unix systems, and it should also be possible on Unix-based stuff like TWG's IP for VMS. I'd be inclined to use bootp anyway for any new products.