The optional Assistant System argument specifies a MOP client entity, from which an assistant address can be obtained. This argument is meaningful for LAN circuits only. The assistant address is the LAN address of the node to be used as the loopback assistant. The involvement of the assistant depends on the Assistance Type parameter. For assistance of type none (the default), no assistant is needed, and is ignored if specified. For other values, an assistant is required. An assistant can be specified either by including an Assistant Address or Assistant System argument in the command line, but not both. If neither is provided, then an assistant is located by first sending a request to the loopback assistant multicast address. Address information specifying the node to receive the loop is required for the loop mop circuit command. If the Address argument is not specified in the command, then the Client argument must be specified so the address information can be obtained from the MOP Client database. loop [node node-id] mop circuit circuit-name - address lan-address, - assistance type transmit-receive-or-full, - assistant system client-name [,optional arguments...] loop [node node-id] mop circuit circuit-name - client client-name, - assistance type transmit-receive-or-full, - assistant system client-name [,optional arguments...] Examples: loop mop circuit fddi-1 - address 08-00-2b-00-33-44, - assistant system barbar, - ! Client barbar has Assistant Address assistance type full loop mop circuit csmacd-1 - client foofoo, - ! Client foofoo gives loop Address assistant system barbar, - ! barbar gives Assistant Address assistance type transmit