[Dnsmasq-discuss] DHCP Proxy and UEFI HTTP boot

[Geert Stappers]

On Tue, Jun 07, 2022 at 11:35:26AM +0200, Michael via Dnsmasq-discuss wrote:
> Hi dnsmasq-discuss Groupmembers,
> 
> I tried to get working dnsmasq as DHCP Proxy for UEFI HTTP boot.
> 
> The following configuration, dnsmasq as DHCP Server, works (but we have
> another DHCP Server running):
> 
> dhcp-range=efi-http,192.168.1.200,192.168.1.220
> 
> dhcp-option=tag:efi-http,option:vendor-class,HTTPClient
> dhcp-option=tag:efi-http,option:bootfile-name,http://192.168.1.100/esxi/mboot.efi
> 
> But when i tried to setup dnsmasq as  DHCP Proxy it does not respond to any
> requests:
> 
> dhcp-range=efi-http,192.168.1.0,proxy,255.255.255.0
> 
> dhcp-option=tag:efi-http,option:vendor-class,HTTPClient
> dhcp-option=tag:efi-http,option:bootfile-name,http://192.168.1.100/esxi/mboot.efi
> 
> After further investigations I found out that dnsmasq does only responds
> (send packets) to DHCP Requests, when configured as DHCP Proxy, when the
> options  pxe-service and dhcp-boot are set (to some "default", useless
> values, and therefore UEFI HTTP Boot not work). But in my opinion these
> options are not necessary for booting UEFI HTTP Clients and makes no sense
> to set.
> 
> Anybody a hint for me whats wrong in my configuration?

It is incomplete.


> Or is the combination DHCP Proxy and UEFI HTTP boot not RFC like?
> 
> THx in advance

Yeah, the answer was send in advance.
Now wait for the next monthly posting.
 

> Michael



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Geert Stappers
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