[Dnsmasq-discuss] TFTP Timeout annoyances

Matthias Andree matthias.andree at gmx.de
Wed Mar 23 20:57:14 GMT 2011


Am 23.03.2011 21:45, schrieb Michael P. McDonnell:
> Alright my setup:
> Two VMs - Same network.
> 
> VM1)
> Dnsmasq version 2.57  Copyright (c) 2000-2011 Simon Kelley
> Compile time options IPv6 GNU-getopt no-DBus no-I18N DHCP TFTP no-IDN
> ##Config
> no-resolv
> no-poll
> no-hosts
> dhcp-vendorclass=set:cmm,"My Custom Working Vendor Class"
> dhcp-range=tag:cmm,192.168.1.2,192.168.1.38,12h
> dhcp-range=tag:!cmm,192.168.1.39,192.168.1.254,12h
> dhcp-option=option:router,192.168.1.1
> user=apache
> group=apache
> interface=eth0
> enable-tftp
> tftp-root=/var/tftp
> dhcp-boot=tag:!cmm,pxelinux.0
> 
> #####
> My tftp root has been chmoded to 777 (all the way through)
> iptables has been completely removed (this is CentOS5) as well as ip6tables.
> 
> VM2) Nothing but PXEbooting
> and for the life of me I can't get it to do anything but TFTP Open Timeout.
> So its getting DHCP
> 
> This is all on a closed network - so there's nothing else there- could I
> be missing something?

Please provide syslog and tcpdump logs of the tftp services. Possibly
use tshark from the wireshark package instead (you can use wireshark to
capture, then save, and use tshark to later decode the saved file).



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