Hi all, I've setup linux as PXE server follow the page below
http://www.tuxdocs.net/wiki/index.ph...e_for_pxe_boot
When I start my client pc, it show:
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Client IP 192.168.1.251 MASK:255.255.255.0 DHCP IP: 192.168.1.4
Gateway IP: 192.168.1.1
PXE-E32: TFTP open timeout
TFTP...
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If I wait 3 to 5 minutes, it will just boot from its' local harddisk. I "tail -F /var/log/messages" something related return such as..
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Jan 14 21:44:35 gamesrv dhcpd: No hostname for 192.168.1.251
Jan 14 21:44:35 gamesrv dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:e0:4d:02:af:93 via eth0
Jan 14 21:44:35 gamesrv dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.1.251 to 00:e0:4d:02:af:93 via eth0
Jan 14 21:44:37 gamesrv dhcpd: No hostname for 192.168.1.251
Jan 14 21:44:37 gamesrv dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.1.251 (192.168.1.4) from 00:e0:4d:02:af:93 via eth0
Jan 14 21:44:37 gamesrv dhcpd: DHCPACK on 192.168.1.251 to 00:e0:4d:02:af:93 via eth0
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So, apparently, the client pc prove that dhcp is working, but somehow the tftp server doesn't really respone.. Since I add it in xinetd, so I "/sbin/chkconfig --list tftp" and it return
"tftp on"
the tftp config file in "/etc/xinet.d/tftp" show this

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service tftp
{
disable = no
socket_type = dgram
protocol = udp
wait = yes
user = root
server = /usr/sbin/in.tftpd
server_args = -v -s /tftpboot
per_source = 11
cps = 100 2
flags = IPv4
}
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Please help me on this.

Thanks & regards,
Max.

anyone help please??

THanks.

Hi Max, do you get any solution for this ? i get the same error .. but still i am not able to find any solution.

my solution is, get rid of Fedora Core and install CentOS, and it works dramatically....

Max.

This problem occurs because of firewall problem. Open the port no 69(tcp and udp) in firewall which is the default tfpd port. Otherwise simply disable the firewall and try your pxe boot from client.

For me disabling the firewall DID NOT help.

What did the trick was:
1. Keep the DHCP (dhcpd) and the TFTP (xinetd + tftp) server on the same machine.
2. use the DHCP directive "next-server" to point to the same machine.

What I have also observed is that this is related to the LAN card...
It works OK for an Intel card but the timeout thing happens for a RTL 8139 chipset card.

Maybe using dnsmasq might give people different results ???

Regards,
Shantanu

Hi all,
Please refer:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...15#post3361915

... if that helps ...

Cheers,
Shantanu

Hi:
Since the reply is too late but I want to share.
I have faced the same problem in Fedora 11 PXE server, the solution is

1. use system-config-firewall and allow the tftp server port or disable the firewall.
2. Disable the iptables using service iptables stop

Please check http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...09#post3361909

This is not a firewall issue ... its a hardware issue specific to the RTL 8139 cards (maybe others chipsets too!) and the way the DHCP/TFTP server are located.

Just hit this prblem with a laptop running a realtek NIC. Setting the tftp server blocksize to 512 got it all going.

I had the same problem. After going through many posts and trying all stuffs it did not help.

I compared it with a working server and found the xinted services were not running. After turning it ON the PXE built started the very next second.

I had the same issue, everything looked fine, just xinetd was not started:
try

chkconfig --list xinetd
and
chkconfig xinetd on
and
service xinetd start

BTW: you can also verify if tftp is serving with nmap:
nmap -sU localhost

(The U is for scanning UDP services)