From: "Kurt H Maier via 9fans" <9fans@9fans.net>
To: 9fans <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] How to PXE boot with "two" DHCP servers on one network
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2024 10:35:35 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZgG157qFByWXYmj3@wopr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <751C3828-CCC3-4B83-9EC9-37620CBB53C5@germteig.com>
On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 04:52:29PM +0100, Marco Feichtinger wrote:
> My router at home also serves as the DHCP server for the network.
>
> I have a plan9 file server and now want to pxe boot a second machine from it.
> On the file server I have 'ip/dhcpd -sS' running, since it also serves bootp requests.
>
> Now when i pxe boot the second machine, it loads 9boot, but when searching for the
> /cfg/pxe/<mac address> file, it uses the ip address of my router.
>
> Boot Message:
> pxe on ether0 .
> (<router ip>!69): /cfg/pxe/<mac address> .T.T.T.T.T.T.T.T.T.Ttftpread1st: failed to connect to server (<router ip>!69)
>
> How can I pxe boot other machines, without my file server acting as dhcp server for the whole network?
don't run two dhcp servers. turn off the one on your fileserver and
configure your router to pass next-server: <fileserver-ip> to clients
that should pxe boot from the fileserver. it just needs to support
tftp.
khm
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-03-25 17:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-03-25 15:52 Marco Feichtinger
2024-03-25 17:35 ` Kurt H Maier via 9fans [this message]
2024-03-25 17:35 ` Lyndon Nerenberg (VE7TFX/VE6BBM)
2024-03-26 7:34 ` Marco Feichtinger
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