Appendix A
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A
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: (“
BRN
” below is “
BRW
” for a wireless network.)
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.
