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 ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T47150b930c3726bd-M18f3db81c876c8802eec3748 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
