On Tue, May 23, 2023 at 12:24:18PM +0200, deliciouslytyped@nablambda.systems wrote: > Hi folks, > > Would it make sense to have an option to explicitly enable PXE without > having to use or enabling pxe-prompt or pxe-service? SWYgeW91IGFzayB5ZXMtbm8tcXVlc3Rpb25zLCB5b3UgbWlnaHQganVzdCBnZXQgeWVzLW5vLWFu c3dlcnMuClRoZSBhZHZpY2UgaXMgdG8gYWltIGZvciBhIGRpc2N1c3Npb24uCkFuZCBkaXNjdXNz aW9uIGlzIHBvc2ggZm9yIGV4Y2hhbmdlIG9mIGlkZWFzLgo=
> I'd like the following to work, and then it would end up being a > minimal command for PXE booting using proxyDHCP, without having to do > seemingly arbitrary / unnecessary things (which by their arbitraryness > are non-intuitive): > > dnsmasq -d --bind-interface --port=0 -l leases \ > --dhcp-range=192.168.101.1,proxy --enable-tftp \ > --tftp-root="$(realpath ./files)" \ > --dhcp-boot=pxelinux.0 > > Currently what the command actually needs to be is: > > dnsmasq -d --bind-interface --port=0 -l leases \ > --dhcp-range=192.168.101.1,proxy --enable-tftp \ > --tftp-root="$(realpath ./files)" \ > --pxe-service=254,dummy --dhcp-boot=pxelinux.0,,192.168.101.1 > > ... issue is is that (proxy dhcp) pxe mode is only enabled if pxe-prompt > or pxe-service is passed. Yeah, I also have found out that the hard way. My way to live with it, is having the option set in my /etc/dnsmasq.conf > Also, shouldn't proxy mode enable it? It feels wrong that changing `dhcp-range=<begin>,<end>` into `dhcp-range=<begin>,proxy` implies opening port 4011. > I'm not sure a --enable-pxe option makes much sense for proxy mode, Idea: When you are beyond the doubt about it, make an improvement on the dnsmasq manual page. Groeten Geert Stappers P.S. > dnsmasq seems to pass pxe prompt suboptions (IIRC) 6 and 10 even when > pxe-prompt isnt set / suboption 9 isn't sent (i.e. pxe-prompt isnt set, > I think). Raise that in a separate thread -- Silence is hard to parse _______________________________________________ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk https://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss
