[syslinux] Windows Server DHCP + UEFI recipe

[Alexandre Blanchette]

I successfully encapsulated option 210 inside 43 with Microsoft DHCP
servers. I followed the template in the PXELINUX documentation, at the
"using vendor options, handcrafted" heading.

On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 6:45 AM, Alexandre Blanchette <blanalex at gmail.com>wrote:

> A small how-to for encapsulating option 210 inside option 43 on Windows
> DHCP servers would be welcome then :-)
> On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 12:05 AM, Gene Cumm <gene.cumm at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 8:52 PM, Alexandre Blanchette
>> <blanalex at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Finally configure options 66 (TFTP server) and 67 (syslinux.efi). You
>> must
>> > separate TFTP servers for your BIOS and UEFI clients because Microsoft
>> DHCP
>> > server does not send option 210 (path prefix).  Microsoft DHCP servers
>> will
>> > only send options listed in the Parameter Request List in the
>> DHCPDISCOVER
>> > packet.
>>
>> I haven't tried WS2012 yet but PXELINUX will parse DHCP option 43
>> (vendor-specific information) nicely and I have encapsulated 210
>> inside 43 successfully (can't recall if I tried WS2008R2 and/or
>> ISC-DHCPd but I did at least one).
>>
>

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Alexandre Blanchette <blanalex at gmail.com>