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TCP/IP CONFIGURATION 9 - 8

Using RARP to Configure the IP Address

The Brother print server’s IP address can be configured using the
Reverse ARP (rarp) facility on your host computer. This is done by
editing the

/etc/ethers

file (if this file does not exist, you can

create it) with an entry similar to the following:

00:80:77:31:01:07 BRN_310107

Where the first entry is the Ethernet address of the print server and
the second entry is the name of the print server (the name must be
the same as the one you put in the

/etc/hosts

file).

If the rarp daemon is not already running, start it (depending on the
system the command can be

rarpd, rarpd -a, in.rarpd -a

or something else; type

man rarpd

or refer to your system

documentation for additional information). To verify that the rarp
daemon is running on a Berkeley UNIX

®

-based system, type the

following command:

ps -ax | grep -v grep | grep rarpd

For AT&T UNIX

®

-based systems, type:

ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep rarpd

The Brother print server will get the IP address from the rarp daemon
when the printer is powered on.