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Details
BootpActivity
TheWideBand
Transceiver(WBT)
isnotprovided
withaxedIP
AddressforEthernet
communication.This
happensautomatically
whenthetransceiver
isconnected,since
theProcessorUnit
softwareincludesa
Bootpconguration
server.IfyouhaveseveraltransceiversconnectedtoyourProcessorUnit,each
transceiverwillautomaticallybeassignedauniqueIPAddress.
Note
ThisautomaticassignmentofanIPAddresstothetransceiverwillonlywork
whenBootpActiveisenabled.
TheBootstrapProtocol(BOOTP)isacomputernetworkingprotocolusedin
InternetProtocolnetworkstoautomaticallyassignanIPaddresstonetwork
devicesfromacongurationserver.[...]
Whenacomputerthatisconnectedtoanetworkispoweredupandbootsits
operatingsystem,thesystemsoftwarebroadcastsBOOTPmessagesonto
thenetworktorequestanIPaddressassignment.ABOOTPconguration
serverassignsanIPaddressbasedontherequestfromapoolofaddresses
conguredbyanadministrator.
BOOTPisimplementedusingtheUserDatagramProtocol(UDP)astransport
protocol,portnumber67isusedbytheservertoreceiveclientrequestsand
portnumber68isusedbytheclienttoreceiveserverresponses.BOOTP
operatesonlyonIPv4networks.
Wikipedia(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootstrap_Protocol),April2016
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