<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div style="" class=""><br style="">>It sounds like the client cannot resolve (IP->MAC) the address of the<br style="" class="" clear="none">>TFTP server, 10.0.2.3. Is the TFTP server actually on the same VLAN and<br style="" class="" clear="none">>holding that address? Can you reach the TFTP server from a another<br style="" class="" clear="none">>device on the same VLAN?<br style="" class="" clear="none"></div><div style="" class=""> <br style="" class="">Hello,<br style="" class="">In fact the DHCP and TFTP services are running on one node.<br style="" class="">The server has two interfaces. One is used for internet connection, and the other<br style="" class="">is used for local purposes. So the interface is<br style="" class=""><br style="" class="">3: eth1:
<BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP qlen 1000<br style="" class=""> link/ether 08:00:27:5a:3e:be brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff<br style="" class=""> inet 10.0.2.1/24 brd 10.0.2.255 scope global eth1<br style="" class=""><br style="" class=""><br style="" class="">So I changed the dhcpd.conf to<br style="" class=""><br style="" class=""> subnet 10.0.2.0 netmask 255.255.255.240 {<br style="" class=""> range 10.0.2.2 10.0.2.10;<br style="" class=""> allow booting;<br style="" class=""> allow bootp;<br style="" class=""> next-server 10.0.2.1;<br style="" class=""> filename "pxelinux.0";<br style="" class=""> }<br style="" class=""><br style="" class="">Restarting the DHCP and TFTP services and starting them in the
debug mode shows<br style="" class=""><br style="" class="">DHCPDISCOVER from 08:00:27:69:73:7a via eth1<br style="" class="">DHCPOFFER on 10.0.2.5 to 08:00:27:69:73:7a via eth1<br style="" class="">DHCPREQUEST for 10.0.2.5 (10.0.2.1) from 08:00:27:69:73:7a via eth1<br style="" class="">DHCPACK on 10.0.2.5 to 08:00:27:69:73:7a via eth1<br style="" class=""><br><br>And it seems that the previous error message is gone. However I faced another error and I will send it in another email.<br style="" class=""><br style="" class=""></div><div style="" class="">Regards,<br style="" class="">Mahmood </div><div style="" class=""><br style="" class=""><br style="" class=""></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div style="display: block;" class="yahoo_quoted"> <div class="" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <div class="" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue,
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