aarpd(8)              MAINTENANCE COMMANDS               aarpd(8)



NAME
     aarpd - AppleTalk Address Resolution Protocol Daemon

SYNTAX
     aarpd [ -d <capflags> ] [ -D <level> ] [ -l <log file>  ]  [
     <interface> <zoneName> ]

DESCRIPTION
     aarpd implements the AppleTalk Address  Resolution  Protocol
     for  CAP  programs  using Native EtherTalk (Phase 1 or Phase
     2).  It communicates with CAP processes  using  RPC  (Remote
     Procedure  Calls)  which  interrogate  a central AARP table.
     Addresses that are  not  currently  available  provoke  AARP
     lookups  on  the network.  These are added to the AARP table
     whose contents are aged and deleted at intervals.

     aarpd maintains the address of the current  default  router.
     This  is obtained from atis which is listening to RTMP pack-
     ets.  The default router is  chosen  by  counting  the  RTMP
     tuples, favouring routers that perform "split horizon".

     At startup, aarpd probes for a node number,  determines  the
     network  number and maintains a copy of the network informa-
     tion in /etc/etalk.local which it updates as necessary.

     The options aarpd accepts are:

     -d <capflags>
          <capflags> are standard debugging  flags  for  the  CAP
          library.   See  CAP(3)  for  a description of the valid
          flags.

     -l <logfile>
          specifies a file that messages should be logged to.

     -D <level>
          defines the debugging level (an integer from 1 to  20).
          The  higher the level is set, the more verbose aarpd is
          when logging.

     <interface> <zoneName>
          defines the network interface (as listed by netstat(8))
          such as ie0, le0, ln0 or pf0.  The zoneName argument is
          a valid zonename for the  EtherTalk  connected  to  the
          interface.     These    values   may   be   seeded   in
          /etc/etalk.local but it is recommended that both  argu-
          ments be supplied.

FILES
     /etc/etalk.local - refer man/etalk.local.5





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aarpd(8)              MAINTENANCE COMMANDS               aarpd(8)



NOTES
     aarpd be run as "root" (uid 0) and should be started  before
     any other CAP programs.

SEE ALSO
     CAP(3), CAP(8), AUFS(1), AUFS(8)

















































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