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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">Hi all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">I am facing a problem in resolving the tftp alias name using dhcp.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">I have the below configuration in dhcpd.conf:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">option domain-name "ab.lab";<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">option domain-name-servers 20.0.0.1, 20.0.0.2;<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">option tftp-server-name "proj-1";<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">nslookup of proj-1:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">><i>nslookup proj-1<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">Server: 20.0.0.1<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">Address: 20.0.0.1#53<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">Non-authoritative answer:<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">proj-1.ab.lab canonical name = cc675.ab.lab<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">Name: cc675.ab.lab<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">Address: 20.34.0.46<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">But the linux board booting got failed with error “<i>Command tftp failed, with error unknown host proj-1.ab.lab.</i>”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">But when I give the “<i>option tftp-server-name 20.34.0.6</i>” in dhcp specifying the direct ip address, it is booting successfully and everything is fine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">Could you please guide me whether I missed anything configuring in dhcpd.conf file or did I do anything wrong in configuration?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">BR,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">Karteek<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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