[ipxe-devel] Telling IPXE to use a particular DHCP offer

Robin Smidsrød robin at smidsrod.no
Thu Oct 17 06:57:08 UTC 2013


On 10.10.2013 14:36, Devavrat Mittal wrote:
> If there are multiple PXE/ DHCP servers in a subnet and IPXE might get
> more than one DHCP offer, how can I tell IPXE to use/ accept a
> particular DHCP offer?
> 
> Essentially, suppose that I know the IP address of my preferred DHCP
> server beforehand.
> Then, can I make IPXE accept the DHCP offer from that DHCP server (based
> on some identity of the DHCP server, such as an IP address) and ignore
> all other offers?

There was a similar thread on this mailing-list just a few days ago. I
suggest you check the archives for the responses in that one.

Short answer is: no

-- Robin



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