Turns out the issue was with my DHCP server configuration.
Since the ProxyDHCP functionality wasn't working for me I set the following
options on my Windows Server DHCP scope:
option 43 01:04:00:00:00:00
option 60 PXEClient
option 66 192.168.11.43 (my OTC-server VM)
option 67 pxelinux.0
This fixed another issue I was having with the PXE stack on some of my real
machines not loading, or spending several minutes trying to use MTFTP before
switching to TFTP. Once I got the machines to boot OTC I deleted them from the
server and restarted the machines, at which point the dutifully popped up in
the PXE Client list.
It did take a bit of work to find the correct settings for the above, but it's
all humming along happily now.
Regards,
Corey Murtagh
From: Corey Murtagh [mailto:corey.murt...@ourvacationcentre.com]
Sent: Tuesday, 31 May 2011 12:03 PM
To: openthinclient-user@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [openthinclient-user] OTC-Server Configuration...
Hi Group,
I've downloaded the virtual appliance and am testing it in a virtual
environment (VirtualBox 4, bridged network). Ultimately I'd like to run the
same virtual appliance on a production Hyper-V server once I iron out the bugs
and prove the concept.
So far I've had no success intercepting DHCP replies to gather new PXE clients,
even for virtual machines running in the same virtual environment, but this may
be due to the way packets are being routed by the VM. Since our network is
configured with L2 and L3 switches using spanning trees and so on to reduce
traffic it's quite possible that I may never get to see the DHCP responses
anyway... time will tell.
In the meantime I've got my DHCP server configured with options 66 and 67 to
allow my PXE clients to find the boot image, and this is working OK for me.
The only issue with this setup at the moment is that I have to manually add the
clients to the ThinClients section by MAC address, as nothing is showing in the
PXE Clients section of the configuration tree.
Is there anything else I need to configure on the DHCP server to have new PXE
Clients appear in the OTC Server? Is there something I can set in OTC Server
to manage these things?
Regards,
Corey Murtagh
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