Here are the two StarTech Adapter models we are using. http://www.startech.com/Networking-IO/Adapter-Cards/USB-2-to-Gigabit-Ethernet-NIC-Network-Adapter~USB21000S2
http://www.startech.com/Networking-IO/Adapter-Cards/USB-3-to-Gigabit-Ethernet-NIC-Network-Adapter~USB31000S USB 2.0 and 3.0 respectively. The Dell will only pxe from the 2.0 An HP ElitePad 1000 tablet is the only device I’ve seen that will not PXE from it. From: Catlett, Christopher Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2014 12:39 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [mssms] UEFI network boot extremely slow on Surface Pro 3 with Microsoft USB nic. Yes, will get the model number. Just had to inject the drivers into WinPE and all was happy. It’s the same adapter that the new Dell XPS laptops support. From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Niall Brady Sent: Tuesday, September 2, 2014 12:36 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [mssms] UEFI network boot extremely slow on Surface Pro 3 with Microsoft USB nic. 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]<mailto:[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]> [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Niall Brady Sent: Tuesday, September 2, 2014 9:59 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[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]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Niall Brady Sent: Tuesday, September 2, 2014 9:34 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[email protected]> If you have any feedback about my work, please let either myself or my manager Ron Hill know at [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Niall Brady Sent: Tuesday, September 2, 2014 3:37 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[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.
