Thanks for all the help I received. The responses were very helpful.
In the original posting (included at the bottom) I forgot to mention that the
X-terminals are trying to access the host across the router.
I received the following responses and they are listed with comments included:
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> I have NCD x-terms booting off solaris 2.3. i'm a bit shaky on this, but
> don't think that bootp is needed. the NCD is configured to know it's IP
> address, and the IP address of the boot server. boot file is loaded
> using tftp. maybe older NCD terms didn't have this internal configuration
> capability
>
> be advised that sol 2.3 is using display
> postscript which the ncd x-terms will not display ... unless you get
> the most recent release of their s/w and DSP licenses.
>
> --bob (916.739.8688, FAX 916.227.2672) << SNEP in Sacramento
>
> ==========================================================================
> Bob Haxo rshaxo@ucdavis.edu
> Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project
> Hart Hall phone: 916.752.7857, 916.752.5092
> University of California FAX: 916.752.7852
> Davis, CA 95616
> ==========================================================================
>
COMMENT: HAVE CALLED THE NCD TECH SUPPORT AND AM WAITING FOR A RESPONSE.
THANKS FOR POINTING IN THE DISPLAY POSTSCRIPT DIRECTION.
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> I believe there's a bootp which has been ported to Solaris 2, and I'm sure
> someone else will point you at it. As far as DHCP, the forthcoming SolarNet
> product will include a DHCP server for Solaris. The URL in my sig has more
> info on SolarNet, otherwise talk to your local Sun salesperson.
>
> Dave
> ---------------
> Dave Miner dave.miner@east.sun.com SunSoft, SolarNet Engineering
> SolarNet info is available at:
> http://www.sun.com/sunsoft/Products/PC-Integration-products/products/SolarNet.html
>
COMMENT: THANKS FOR THE SolarNet INFORMATION
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> NCD's can be configured, in their prom, to use traditional sun
> servers: tftp, in.rarpd, rpc.bootparamd.
>
> Dan Stromberg - OAC/DCS strombrg@uci.edu
>
COMMENT: THE X-TERMINALS ARE TALKING TO THE HOST ACROSS THE ROUTER
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> We have bootp running under solaris2.3 I can let you have the source or a
> binary if you are interested.
> --
> Veronica Paul Mail: v.paul@unsw.edu.au
> School of Mathematics ISD: +61 2 385 3238
> University of New South Wales. FAX: +61 2 385 1071
> NSW. 2033 AUSTRALIA.
>
COMMENT: Veronica,THANKS FOR SENDING THE SOURCE!!
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> bootp was never bundled in Solaris 1.x either. Have you tried running
> your 1.x bootp binaries on 2.x?
>
> NCD terminals don't need bootp. If they are on the same subnet as the
> server, they can use rarp instead.
>
>
> Birger
>
COMMENT: THE X-TERMINALS ARE TALKING TO THE HOST ACROSS THE ROUTER
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> Best to my knowledge, you shoud have received bootpd (both src and
> binary) with your NCD kit, but even if not - you can pick it up from
> your favorite ftp archive - I have picked it up from
> ftp.cs.uni-sb.de:/pub/net/bootp/bootp-2.3.7.tar.Z and that compiles w/o
> problems on Solaris 2.3 - also, your old binary from 4.1.x should work
> also....
> Hope this helps...
>
> --Nino
>
>
> --
> Nino Margetic <nino@well.ox.ac.uk>
> The Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford.
> Tel: +44 865 740 005 Fax: +44 865 742 196
> ---
COMMENT: THANKS FOR POINTING TO THE FTP SITE
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> On our system using 4.1.3 we user RARP to have the NCD X-terminals
> discover their address. I'm not sure with Solaris 2.x but I think
> it should still be possible to use the RARP daemon.
>
> 1) enable the in.rarpd
> 2) edit the /etc/ethers file, it should look something like this
>
> ethernet-address offical-host-name
> 3) add the unit to your hosts file or DNS tables
> 4) power up the X-terminal, you may need to reset the
> terminal to it's factory defaults.
>
> Hope this helps
>
> Richard N. Cleary
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>
COMMENT: THE X-TERMINALS ARE TALKING TO THE HOST ACROSS THE ROUTER
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> hmmm, why not just build bootp from source? or even, grab a copy from sunos4
> and see if it works under compatibility mode.
>
> -heas
> heasley@merl.com
COMMENT: I HAVE THE SOURCE NOW AND WILL BUILD IT FOR SOLARIS 2.3
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> the bootpd on ftp.vuse.vanderbilt.edu in pub/pkgs/bootpd worked
> on Solaris 2.2; I haven't tested it on 2.3.
>
> drl@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (David R. Linn)
COMMENT: THANKS FOR POINTING TO THE FTP SITE
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> Greetings,
>
> I have a version of bootpd that works on our Solaris 2.3 Sparc host if you'd
> like it. Here is the output from the 'what' command to show you what version
> it is:
>
> what /etc/bootpd
> /etc/bootpd:
> bootpd 2.2-ALPHA #1: Wed May 5 17:09:35 PDT 1993
> bootp.c 1.1 (Stanford) 1/22/86
>
> If you are interested, I'll put it on our FTP server (ftp.ncd.com) and you can
> grab it from there. Read the instructions below.
>
> NOTE: this is a dynamically linked SPARC executable but is should work fine on
> your Solaris 2.3 host.
>
> -------------------------------------------
> Instructions for downloading files:
> ftp ftp.ncd.com
> Name: anonymous
> Password: (your email address)
>
> cd /pub/ncd/Special/kriso8848
> get bootpd.Z
>
> -------------------------------------------
>
> -Kris Olander
>
> --
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> -Kris Olander
> - NCD Field SE, N. Cal. District
> - support@ncd.com -and/or- kriso@ncd.com
> ----------------------------------------------
COMMENT: I HAVE RECEIVED THE SOURCE. THANKS!!
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> Hi,
>
> "bootpd" is a part of NCD distribution. ( ...y/bootp/*). Sources are available.
> A regular NCDinstall procedure installes bootpd and bootptab under /etc if
> one doesn't exist there.
> You can boot your NCD using TFTP (you even don't need bootpd). The terminal
> will first ask for bootpd , after that will use /tftpboot.
>
>
>
> ================================================================================
> Veselin Terzic MacDonald Dettwiler
> Internet: terzic@mda.ca 13800 Commerce Parkway
> Phone: (604) 278-3411 Richmond, B.C.
> Canada V6V 2J3
> ================================================================================
COMMENT: THE X-TERMINALS ARE TALKING TO THE HOST ACROSS THE ROUTER
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----------- Original Posting ----------------------
> From singhjk Tue Aug 16 15:40:18 1994
> Date: Tue, 16 Aug 1994 15:40:16 +0500
> From: singhjk
> To: sun-managers@ra.mcs.anl.gov
> Subject: DHCP sources
> Cc: singhjk
>
>
> Dear Sun Managers:
>
> We have a few NCD X terminals. With SunOS 4.1.3_U1 we used bootp for address discovery.
> Now that we have moved to Solaris 2.3 and bootp is not available anymore we are kind of
> stuck. I have heard that dhcp is an extension of bootp. Is it true? If yes, where can
> I find it since it is not provided by Sun or NCD. The Solaris FAQ did not help at all
> on this subject. Please help!! Thanks!!
>
>
>
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