NetBoot Ports & Services

Revised: 2007-02-07 richard

NetBoot uses the following network ports & services...

UDP Port	Service or Protocol Name	RFC	Used By/Additional Information
67	Bootstrap Protocol Server (BootP, bootps)	-	NetBoot via DHCP
68	Bootstrap Protocol Client (bootpc)	951	NetBoot via DHCP
69	Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)	1350	NetBoot uses the Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) to send boot files from the server to the client.
2049	Network File System (NFS)	1094	NetBoot can use NFS to deliver images to client. Optionally HTTP or NFS can be used.

TCP Port	Service or Protocol Name	RFC	Used By/Additional Information
80	Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)	2068	NetBoot can use HTTP to deliver images to client. Optionally HTTP or NFS can be used.
548	Apple Filing Protcol (AFP) over TCP	-	NetBoot uses AFP to support diskless clients