[Dnsmasq-discuss] Netbooting OS X and PXE with the same conf

Simon Kelley simon at thekelleys.org.uk
Sun Jun 30 20:26:24 BST 2013


On 27/06/13 11:13, Alex Silva wrote:
> Hello Simon,
>
> On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 10:14 PM, Simon Kelley <simon at thekelleys.org.uk
> <mailto:simon at thekelleys.org.uk>> wrote:
>
>
>
>     I'm not sure there is: the proxy function (ie get boot parameters
>     from one DHCP/PXE server, IP address from another DHCP server) is
>     PXE specific, I  think. Unless the Apple  boot protocol implements
>     the same thing somehow, what you want is not possible.
>
>
>
> Thanks for the reply. Yes, I want the exact same thing that happens with
> PXE: To send back an IP address of 0.0.0.0 and the netboot DHCP options.
> The other DHCP server in the network will return the correct IP address.
> I just can't find a way to make this work with dnsmasq.

I'm pretty sure there is not way to make dnsmasq do that. The way PXE 
proxy works gives  that effect, but not via the mechanism of returning 
0.0.0.0 to the DHCP request.

Cheers,

Simon.






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