[Dnsmasq-discuss] proxy for pxe - intro

Andriy Gapon avg at FreeBSD.org
Fri May 26 10:02:22 BST 2017


On 25/05/2017 20:16, Carl Karsten wrote:
> Andriy's questions have me interested, maybe this will help when I want to pxe
> boot a machine but don't have access to the dhcp server.
> 
> like if I have 2 laptops B (proxy) and C (pxe client) both plugged into a lan
> with dhcp server A and gateway G.  I want C to get IP/subnet/gateway assigned by
> A, but also next-server/filename assigned by B.
> 
> I am assuming there is some trick to tell C to only work with proxy B and ignore
> responses from A?
> 
> can it be done with settings or do I need to physically (or switch config)
> isolate C from A?
> 
> feel free to point me at a doc that explains this

I simple Google query for "dnsmasq pxe proxy" returns very useful results right
at the top (at least, it does for me).
E.g.:
https://n0dy.com/blog/2014/09/14/network-booting-with-dnsmasq-in-proxy-mode/
https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=ProxyDHCP_with_dnsmasq
https://manski.net/2016/09/pxe-server-on-existing-network-dhcp-proxy-on-ubuntu/
http://danielboca.blogspot.com/2012/02/boot-linux-from-network-using-pxe-and.html

-- 
Andriy Gapon



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