It's probably important to note that this only works if the remote is
configured for HDLC serial encapsulation I believe?
Darren
John Swartz wrote:
> SLARP - Serial Line Address Resolution Protocol.
>
> SLARP is most commonly used with auto-install.
> Please note: the documentation and how it actually behaves, seems quite
> different.
>
> 1. A router without a configuration boots
> 2. Router determines the is no config, and attempts to enable all
> interfaces.
> 3. Attempts to find an IP addresss
> A. On LAN interfaces it sends a BOOTP request
> B. On Serial Interface it sends out a SLARP Request
>
> A SLARP request is asking for the IP address of the device on the other end
> of a point-to-point link.
> The other device replies with it's own IP address.
> The Appendix of the ICRC books states:
> "The device will take the first available IP address on the subnet."
> In reality, it seems to work best if you have the IP address at the other
> end of .1 or .2
> If the existing device is .1, the new router with choose .2 and visa versa.
>
> 4. Auto-install continues.... find network-confg file, determine router
> name, find routername-confg file, etc...
>
> John Swartz
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> > Can someone please help me????
> >
> > I'm trying to find a good explanation of SLARP. I have searched Cisco and
> > the web plus looked in several books. The most I can find is a line here
> or
> > there but nothing actually defining or explaining SLARP.
> >
> > Please reply directly to me as I don't always get a chance to read the
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> > during the week and need this info quickly.
> >
> > Thank you in advance for your help.
> >
> >
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