hi Christopher, have you used that nic with the surface 3 using UEFI network boot ? does it work.
On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 3:56 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Also, we settled on the StarTech USB NIC’s at my current client. > > > > They seem to be universally compatible with everything we’ve tested. > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Niall Brady > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 2, 2014 9:59 AM > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [mssms] UEFI network boot extremely slow on Surface Pro 3 > with Microsoft USB nic. > > > > Its server 2012r2 i believe, ill double check > > Sent from my phone, please excuse any typo's as a result. > > > > > On 02 Sep 2014, at 15:33, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Also, your PXE server wouldn’t happen to be 2008r2, would it? > > > > UEFI booting is wonky with 2008r2, Stand up a 2012(r2) box as a PXE server > and give that a go. > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Niall Brady > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 2, 2014 9:34 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [mssms] UEFI network boot extremely slow on Surface Pro 3 > with Microsoft USB nic. > > > > Wont that impact all devices that uefi/pxe boot on that dp ? This is the > only device that is slow, 3 hours to download boot.wim over uefi > > Sent from my phone, please excuse any typo's as a result. > > > > > On 02 Sep 2014, at 15:11, Justin Chalfant <[email protected]> > wrote: > > In my experience, Surface Pro’s take longer than PC’s with built in > NIC’s. Try this Created registry key RamDiskTFTPBlockSize under > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SMS\DP with Hex value as 1456 > should help a little. > > > > Thanks, > > > > *Justin Chalfant* > > Premier Field Engineer – Configuration Manager > > Public Sector > > Microsoft Services > > > > Tel : (303) 846-2701 > > Email: [email protected] > > > > If you have any feedback about my work, please let either myself or my > manager Ron Hill know at [email protected] > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Niall Brady > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 2, 2014 3:37 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [mssms] UEFI network boot extremely slow on Surface Pro 3 with > Microsoft USB nic. > > > > hi, > i'm testing a surface 3 with uefi network boot (cm12 r2 CU2) and the > download of the boot wim is extremely slow, like painfully slow, > > the usb nic is a microsoft nic which i got with my original surface and > i'm using that because it seems the usb3 lenovo nics wont work with the > Surface3 for UEFI network boot. > > so, is this supported or a known issue ? also is it a requirement to use > Microsoft branded usb nics with the surface brand for UEFI network boot ? > anyone know ? > > cheers > niall. > > > > > > > > > > > >
