Hi Julian,

In an ideal situation OTC tries to respond to DHCP requests to direct the 
client to use the OTC Server for PXE boot.  Unfortunately when it DOESN'T work 
- which appears to be fairly rare - then you have to configure your DHCP server 
to provide the information that OTC would normally send.

Add the following Windows DHCP options to your DHCP scope:

    Option #043, 'Vendor Specific Info', Hex: 01 04 00 00 00 00
    Option #060, 'Client Identifier', String: PXEClient
    Option #066, 'Boot Server Host Name', String: <your OTC Server's IP address 
here>
    Option #067, 'Bootfile Name', String: pxelinux.0

Options 060, 066 and 067 are standard PXE options.  Option 043 is a 
poorly-documented (or at least poorly-understood) setting that is required by 
some PXE stacks to prevent them from trying to use MTFTP to load the boot file.

Let us know how it goes.


Incidentally, this should probably be a FAQ item.  Could someone please add 
this to the OTC website?

For the *nix people among us, the dhcpd equivalent seems to be:

    # 043, 'Vendor Specific Info', HEX: 01 04 00 00 00 00
    option vendor-encapsulated-options 1:4:0:0:0:0
    # 060, 'Client Identifier', String: PXEClient
    option vendor-class-identifier "PXEClient";
    # 066, 'Boot Server Host Name', String: 192.168.1.2
    # Change the address here to point to your OTC Server
    option next-server 192.168.1.2;
    # 067, 'Bootfile Name', String: pxelinux.0
    filename "pxelinux.0";



Regards,

Corey Murtagh
Asia-Pacific IT Support
International, Cruise & Excursion, Inc
Phone: 07 5514 3333 Extn 8197 | Mobile: 0435417766

-----Original Message-----
From: Julian Ohm [mailto:j...@ohm-meyer.de] 
Sent: Monday, 28 November 2011 10:16 PM
To: openthinclient-user@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [openthinclient-user] OpenThinClient Server Windows XP with DHCP on 
Windows 2003

Hi

I have trouble with the OpenTC Server running on WinXP and the DHCP on Win 
2003. I configured the Windows 2003 DHCP with option 060 PXEClient. The client 
gets an ip address but does not connect to the OpenTC server. I tried to use 
the 066 DHCP option but nothing happens. 

How I have to configure the dhcp? Dhcp server is a windows 2003 and the OpenTC 
is a Windows xp. Both are in the same subnet

Greets
Julian



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