RFC 951

Network Working Group
Request for Comments: 951

Bill Croft (Stanford University)
John Gilmore (Sun Microsystems)
September 1985

1. Status of this Memo

This RFC suggests a proposed protocol for the ARPA-Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Table of Contents

• 2. Overview
• 3. Packet Format
• 4. Chicken / Egg Issues
• 5. Client Use of ARP
• 6. Comparison to RARP
• 7. Packet Processing
  • 7.1. Client Transmission
  • 7.2. Client Retransmission Strategy
  • 7.3. Server Receives BOOTREQUEST
  • 7.4. Server/Gateway Receives BOOTREPLY
  • 7.5. Client Reception
• 8. Booting Through Gateways
• 9. Sample BOOTP Server Database
• 10. Acknowledgements
• REFERENCES

• Original text document
• Complete HTML RFC (TAR, TGZ, or ZIP format)