Hi all,

I believe I have figured out this issue, however it is unideal. I seems that between Kernel 5.15.68 and Kernel 5.15.93 there must have been some update to Realtek Driver R8169. As such, this driver now has degraded performance on my Dell G15 5510 machines.

I have also tested a machine with a intel NIC, which runs the e1000e driver in the FOG-OS environment. It works beautifully.

For other issues with similar issues out there, I would suggest for you to consider these 2 steps to resolve this issue:

• You can purchase PXE enabled USB to Ethernet adapters. Each brand of laptops will have their specified version that it allows use of (Dell’s is here: https://www.dell.com/en-au/shop/dell-adapter-usb-30-to-ethernet-pxe-boot/apd/492-11726/pc-accessories). I have tested this and it works beautifully, however would get costly above a certain amount.
• You can also roll you own Linux Kernel with your own selected drivers (ie. using R8168 instead of R8169). I also did this and it is fairly simple, but… in my case the time-cost benefit was not up to par.

Also just to put it out there, FOG debug mode is very very useful and can be found in the advanced tasks menu:

Let me know if there are any follow up questions out there.

Hi @rodluz

Just wanted to confirm that this update has worked. Now deploying my images in <5mins.

Thank you for your help.

@Tom-Elliott I figured it out.

I was getting confused by the similar language between the installation process and storage group setup.

A normal installation is just a fog storage node that has a web server and UI on it. A FOG network requires atleast one to work. However a Storage node can be set as the master of a storage group no matter the installation type.

My problem was that because the storage node in the “Bris” storage group did not have a master node setup, the default group could not replicate any images or snapins over. All storage groups must have a master for it to work effectively.

@Tom-Elliott feel free to clarify any of the above rant.