sure Christian, Thank you very much :).. Regards AJ
On 22 August 2016 at 20:21, Christian Nilsson <nik...@gmail.com> wrote: > You need a proxy dhcp server, not a modified standard dhcp server. > See the link posted by Geert on the mailing list, also please send any > questions to the mailing list and not me directly. > > /Christian > > On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 9:04 AM, aromal victor <aromalvic...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > HI Christian, > > > > Thank you very much for your reply. I would like to go ahead with iPXE > and > > Port 4011, I have made changed in my DHCP server to listen on port 4011. > > but I am stuck on where to make change in ipxe to use the proxy DHCP, ( > i am > > using a bootable pendrive flashed with ipxe.iso) > > > > could you please help me with this. > > > > Regards > > AJ > > > > On 18 August 2016 at 22:09, Christian Nilsson <nik...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> Hi, > >> What you want is most likely a proxydhcp server instead, it listens on > >> port 4011 and only sends out the pxe options, while ip, dns, gateway > >> is still sent by the default dhcp server. Atleast this is what you > >> want if the default dhcp server does not provide any boot options. > >> > >> Unfortunately I have no suggestions on proxyDhcp servers you might > >> want to try, but I myself would like to hear recommendations for > >> proxyDhcp servers and configurations in combination with iPXE and > >> "avoiding the boot loop" > >> > >> If you still want to use port 1067,1068 with the standard dhcp > >> protocol (but breaking the spec), then you will have to modify the > >> ipxe sources. > >> > >> /Christian > >> > >> On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 10:10 AM, aromal victor <aromalvic...@gmail.com > > > >> wrote: > >> > Hi ipxe team, > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > Need you guidance on making use of the feature - using alternate dhcp > >> > that > >> > runs on ports 1067 and 1068. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > Scenario:- > >> > > >> > I have an existing lab with DHCP which is maintained by IT and I have > no > >> > control over it. > >> > > >> > I have a set of machines running in this network which I have to > install > >> > Operating system. Hence I decide to use Clonezilla DRBL for this task > >> > using > >> > PXE boot. > >> > > >> > Since I already have an existing DHCP I wasn’t able to run DRBL on the > >> > same > >> > network since DRBL has it own DHCP running. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > Hence I went ahead and made changes to DRBL–DHCP to run on alternate > >> > ports > >> > 1067 and 1068. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > Clients which ask for IP under these ports will be assigned by > DRBL-DHCP > >> > and > >> > rest will be assigned by LAB-DHCP. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > To make use of the DRBL-DHCP I used Etherboot at first and it was > >> > working > >> > fine. > >> > > >> > But the bottleneck is Etherboot don’t have support for all NIC's and > you > >> > need to make different boot disk for different nics. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > Hence I choose ipxe which has support for all nics but I couldn’t find > >> > where > >> > to set or the command to use alternate DHCP that runs on ports 1067 > and > >> > 1068. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > Could you please shed some light on this area which is most > appreciated. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > Thanks in advance. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > AJ > >> > > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > ipxe-devel mailing list > >> > ipxe-devel@lists.ipxe.org > >> > https://lists.ipxe.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/ipxe-devel > >> > > > > > >
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