[ipxe-devel] how to ipxe on ALTERNATE_DHCP_PORTS_1067_1068

[aromal victor]

sure Christian, Thank you very much :)..

Regards
AJ

On 22 August 2016 at 20:21, Christian Nilsson <nikize at 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 <aromalvictor at 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 <nikize at 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 <aromalvictor at 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
> >> >
> >> >
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> >> >
> >
> >
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