[Dnsmasq-discuss] PXE options - Multiple TFTP server

[Cristiano Cumer]

Hi SImon,

got it. If in future releases you will implement this feature also for PXE I would appreciate it.
In the meantime I think I can solve my problem with a HW load balancer

Bye

Cristiano



On Jan 26, 2012, at 3:47 PM, Simon Kelley wrote:

> On 25/01/12 23:06, Cristiano Cumer wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I have seen that it's possible to specify multiple tftp server by configuring the dhcp-boot parameter like
>> 
>> dhcp-boot=/pxeinstall.0,tftpserver,tftpserver
>> 
>> as explained in the thread:
>> 
>> - Enable dnsmasq to return addresses of multiple tftp servers in cycle.
> 
> Actually, that's no how it works: you give a single tftpserver _name_ in tftpboot, and associate many IP addresses with that name in /etc/hosts
> 
>> 
>> I would need a similar configuration for the pxe-service parameter as I have to use a windows dhcp. I have tried to specify pxe-service like
>> 
>> pxe-service=tag:build,x86PC,"ict-Deployment",ict-deploy/amd64/pxelinux, tftpserver,tftpserver
>> 
>> but I always get a error when I try to start the service. It's an error in my configuration or is this feature not implemented for the pxe-service parameter?
> 
> It's no implemented, sorry, the tftpserver in pxe-service must always be a single IP  address.
> 
> I can't think of a good reason why a future version of dnsmasq shouldn't support this, but it doesn't at the moment.
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Simon.
> 
>> 
>> Ciao
>> 
>> Cristiano
>> 
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