[syslinux] TFTP support multiple NICs?

[H. Peter Anvin]

DAN RUPP wrote:
> The scenario:
> 
> Installed a Ubuntu 5.10 Linux server with dhcp3-server, apache2 and tftpd-hpa to
> serve as a mass Linux deployment station.  It can serve up to 200 PCs at one
> time installing Linux using just one NIC card in the server.  Recently, we
> wanted to expand our bandwidth to push out these PCs faster.
> 
> The problem:
> 
> If there is more than one NIC in the computer, TFTP will not work properly.  The
> machine trying to connect to the TFTP server will give the following errors, an
> 'ARP timeout' followed by 'Connection cannot be made.'
> 
> Is there anyway to use more than one NIC (say like 5) without affecting the
> TFTP?  Can TFTP use more than one NIC or is this not possible under tftpd-hpa?
> 

It works just fine, and is in regular use at many sites.  Are you 
connecting them to the *same* network or to *different* ones?  If you're 
connecting them to the same network you probably need to bond the NICs 
together as opposed to having them with different IP addresses.

	-hpa