• Recent
    • Unsolved
    • Tags
    • Popular
    • Users
    • Groups
    • Search
    • Register
    • Login

    PXE Booting Issue

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Solved
    FOG Problems
    3
    8
    728
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • C
      cmyron
      last edited by

      Hello everyone!

      When attempting to PXE boot, I receive a message that says “Either DHCP failed or we were unable to access http://192.168.1.163/fog//index.php for connection testing.” No, the extra / is not a typo, it does say that. I have no idea if it is an incorrect config file somewhere, etc. I know that DHCP is not the issue as clients can get an IP and get to this screen perfectly fine, and there are 300+ devices already running on a few scopes from the DHCP servers. Any help is greatly appreciated!

      george1421G 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • george1421G
        george1421 Moderator @cmyron
        last edited by

        @cmyron Can you post a clear picture of the error taken with a mobile phone? The context of the error is almost as important as the error itself.

        My intuition is telling me its a spanning tree issue, but it depends on where exactly this message appears. A spanning tree issue can be diagnosed by placing a dumb (unmanaged) switch between the target computer and the building network switch. If it boots and images correctly then its most likely a spanning tree issue, where the port isn’t using one of the fast stp protocols.

        Please help us build the FOG community with everyone involved. It's not just about coding - way more we need people to test things, update documentation and most importantly work on uniting the community of people enjoying and working on FOG!

        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
        • C
          cmyron
          last edited by cmyron

          @george1421 I am working on attaching the picture right now. I have tried a dummy switch and still the same issue. All of our switches support RSTP as well, and I havent had this problem until the most recent FOG release.

          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • C
            cmyron
            last edited by

            @george1421 Alright now I just look like an idiot because the pictures are not uploading. Any advice?

            george1421G 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • george1421G
              george1421 Moderator @cmyron
              last edited by

              @cmyron Yes, there is something not right with the forums, I think the update broke uploading pictures and files. Please upload to a publicly shared google drive, dropbox or picture bin site and post the link here.

              Please help us build the FOG community with everyone involved. It's not just about coding - way more we need people to test things, update documentation and most importantly work on uniting the community of people enjoying and working on FOG!

              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • C
                cmyron
                last edited by

                Got it!

                http://tinypic.com/r/10d5evl/9

                george1421G 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                • george1421G
                  george1421 Moderator @cmyron
                  last edited by

                  @cmyron Well the picture speaks volumes.

                  Its failing inside FOS, so that tells us PXE booting, iPXE and FOS loading isn’t the issue. Its also not a spanning tree issue.

                  I can see FOS getting an IP address and attempting to contact the FOG server. What I find a bit telling is the client is picking up an IP address of 192.168.1.160 and trying to contact the FOG server at 192.168.1.163. Which I might suspect is in the dhcp range since this target computer is 3 IP addresses away. So that kind of gives me the idea that your FOG server’s IP address may have been assigned by dhcp when FOG was installed, AND at some point in time the IP address of the FOG server has changed since FOG was installed (only a swag guess).

                  Can you confirm that the FOG server is still at IP address 192.168.1.163 and you can ping it from a computer plugged into that same network port as the pxe booting computer?

                  Please help us build the FOG community with everyone involved. It's not just about coding - way more we need people to test things, update documentation and most importantly work on uniting the community of people enjoying and working on FOG!

                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • arnaudrigoleA
                    arnaudrigole
                    last edited by arnaudrigole

                    Hi @cmyron . I had the same issue until i upgraded the kernel version to 4.5.0
                    Maybe you can try it as well?

                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                    • 1 / 1
                    • First post
                      Last post

                    238

                    Online

                    12.0k

                    Users

                    17.3k

                    Topics

                    155.2k

                    Posts
                    Copyright © 2012-2024 FOG Project