Matthew,

thank you for this idea. I already switched to a more reliable solution. I might try Fog in the future again with firewall turned off.

Hi,

I am trying to set up a working fog server with ProxyDHCP. I use this howto:[URL=‘http://www.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Setting_up_ProxyDHCP’][COLOR=#555555]http://www.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Setting_up_ProxyDHCP[/COLOR][/URL]
and /opt/fog_1.1.1/installation.txt.

If boot a client pc by network I end with this mesage:
[INDENT][I]/default.ipxe… Connection timed out ([url]http://ipxe.org/4c126035[/url])[/I][/INDENT]

Here are some technical details:
[LIST]
[]Kubuntu 12.04 (updated)
[]Fog 1.1.1
[]Firewall is turned off
[]FritzDSL-Router (without any options set that hould cause problems)
[/LIST]

Content of /etc/network/interfaces
[INDENT][I]auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.1.254
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.1
dns-nameservers 192.168.1.1[/I][/INDENT]

Content of /etc/dnsmasq.d/ltsp.conf
[INDENT][I]# Don’t function as a DNS server:
#port=0

Log lots of extra information about DHCP transactions.

log-dhcp

Dnsmasq can also function as a TFTP server. You may uninstall

tftpd-hpa if you like, and uncomment the next line:

enable-tftp

Set the root directory for files available via FTP.

tftp-root=/tftpboot

The boot filename, Server name, Server Ip Address

dhcp-boot=undionly.kpxe,fog-Aspire-5110,192.168.1.254

rootpath option, for NFS

#dhcp-option=17,/images

kill multicast

#dhcp-option=vendor:pXEClient,6,2b

Disable re-use of the DHCP servername and filename fields as extra

option space. That’s to avoid confusing some old or broken DHCP clients.

dhcp-no-override

PXE menu. The first part is the text displayed to the user. The second is the timeout, in seconds.

pxe-prompt=“Press F8 for boot menu”, 3

The known types are x86PC, PC98, IA64_EFI, Alpha, Arc_x86,

Intel_Lean_Client, IA32_EFI, BC_EFI, Xscale_EFI and X86-64_EFI

This option is first and will be the default if there is no input from the user.

pxe-service=X86PC, “Boot from network”, undionly

A boot service type of 0 is special, and will abort the

net boot procedure and continue booting from local media.

#pxe-service=X86PC, “Boot from local hard disk”, 0

If an integer boot service type, rather than a basename is given, then the

PXE client will search for a suitable boot service for that type on the

network. This search may be done by multicast or broadcast, or direct to a

server if its IP address is provided.

pxe-service=x86PC, “Install windows from RIS server”, 1[/I][/INDENT]

Could anybody help please?

Tob

[quote=“Tom Elliott, post: 30393, member: 7271”]Based on this is 192.168.1.1 the appropriate DNS Server for your setup?[/quote]

Yes

[quote=“Tom Elliott, post: 30393, member: 7271”]
Is this DNS Server a forwarder or just the DNS Masked from your router?[/quote]

I think it is just the DNS Masked from my router.

[quote=“Tom Elliott, post: 30393, member: 7271”]
Typically 192.168.1.1 is the Gateway address for home routers. This same gateway also translates to your ISP’s DNS Servers, or the DNS Server’s you’ve put in place to override your ISP’s DNS server. Why is this important to know? Most typically, the “Masking” of the DNS to your router’s gate is done via DNSMasq, the same protocol you’re trying to use to PXE boot your servers.

With that said, you could try commenting out the:
[code]port=0[/code]

You do this by making it:
[code]#port=0[/code]

Then restart the dnsmasq service.
[/quote]

This solved the problem.

Thank you very much!
Tob

Is it a bug of fog server or clientupdate? I ask because I am preparing a new image I want to deploy in some days and need to know if I can use current clientupdate.

[quote=“TheWizardUk, post: 30345, member: 22823”]are you using dnsmasq for a DNS server or just to pick up your fog server on PXE boot without needing to mod you DHCP server?[/quote]

I just need dnsmasq because it wouldn’t be possible to mod the DHCP server.

[quote=“TheWizardUk, post: 30345, member: 22823”]
is that all of your ltsp.conf?
[/quote]

Yes.

[quote=“TheWizardUk, post: 30345, member: 22823”]
when PXE booting does it redirect to your fog server?[/quote]
Yes.

Hi,

I am trying to set up a working fog server with ProxyDHCP. I use this howto: [url]http://www.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Setting_up_ProxyDHCP[/url]

My problem is, that I can’t reach any domain names after
[QUOTE]sudo service dnsmasq restart[/QUOTE]

I can still reach sites by their ip addresses. For example “ping 193.99.144.80” is working but “ping heise.de” is not.

I guess I made a simple error since I am not very experienced with linux.

Here are some technical details:
[LIST]
[]Kubuntu 12.04 (updated)
[]Fog 1.1.1
[/LIST]
Content of /etc/network/interfaces

[QUOTE]auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.1.254
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.1
dns-nameservers 192.168.1.1[/QUOTE]

Content of /etc/dnsmasq.d/ltsp.conf

[QUOTE]# Don’t function as a DNS server:
port=0

Log lots of extra information about DHCP transactions.

log-dhcp

Dnsmasq can also function as a TFTP server. You may uninstall

tftpd-hpa if you like, and uncomment the next line:

enable-tftp

Set the root directory for files available via FTP.

tftp-root=/tftpboot

The boot filename, Server name, Server Ip Address

dhcp-boot=undionly.kpxe,fog-Aspire-5110,192.168.1.254

rootpath option, for NFS

#dhcp-option=17,/images

kill multicast

#dhcp-option=vendor:pXEClient,6,2b

Disable re-use of the DHCP servername and filename fields as extra

option space. That’s to avoid confusing some old or broken DHCP clients.

dhcp-no-override

PXE menu. The first part is the text displayed to the user. The second is the timeout, in seconds.

pxe-prompt=“Press F8 for boot menu”, 3

The known types are x86PC, PC98, IA64_EFI, Alpha, Arc_x86,

Intel_Lean_Client, IA32_EFI, BC_EFI, Xscale_EFI and X86-64_EFI

This option is first and will be the default if there is no input from the user.

pxe-service=X86PC, “Boot from network”, undionly

A boot service type of 0 is special, and will abort the

net boot procedure and continue booting from local media.

#pxe-service=X86PC, “Boot from local hard disk”, 0

If an integer boot service type, rather than a basename is given, then the

PXE client will search for a suitable boot service for that type on the

network. This search may be done by multicast or broadcast, or direct to a

server if its IP address is provided.

pxe-service=x86PC, “Install windows from RIS server”, 1

[/QUOTE]

I am really unsure which settings I should make in this file. According to [url]http://www.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Setting_up_ProxyDHCP#DNSMASQ_settings_for_iPXE[/url] fog >=0.33 needs different settings than earlier versions.

Could anybody help please?

Tob