Installing and Administering Internet Services

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DHCP
Tools
Tools
The command-line tool known as dhcptools(1M) is available to provide
access to DHCP-related options for the bootpd server. The options
provide control for dumping internal data structures, generating a host’s
file, previewing client address assignment, reclaiming unused addresses,
tracing packets, and validating configuration files.
Refer to the dhcptools(1M) man page for detailed information about
the various options. The -v option should be used after you have
completed configuration to verify that no detectable errors exist in either
the bootptab or dhcptab configuration files.
If you are experiencing trouble with communication between the server
and client at a protocol level, and you have verified that no errors exist in
the configuration files, you may want to use the -t option of the
dhcptools command. This option performs packet tracing. You may
want to use this option in conjunction with the -d option of the
bootpd(1M) command. Refer to the bootpd(1M) man page for details.
bootpd is the internet boot protocol server daemon that implements
DHCP, BOOTP, and DHCP/BOOTP relay agents.