[SOLVED] : iPXE and WDS Config

[EvilBart]

For me this helped to get a first successfull boot - client and wds in different subnets. I want to share it:

WDS: 10.10.10.10 subnet /24 [windows 2012 server]
clients in subnet 10.10.90.0/24 [test VMs]
ISC DHCP 10.10.90.1
Linux tftp 10.10.90.1

It is little dirty but it is a base to build a menu around it:
- hit ctrl+b when iPXE starts booting
- type 2 commands:
dhcp
boot wds

wds - put on root of tftp:

Code:

#!ipxe
set user-class wds
autoboot

isc dhcp:

Code:

.....
if exists user-class and option user-class = "wds" {
        next-server 10.10.10.10;
        filename "boot\\x86\\wdsnbp.com";
}
else
{  
        filename "undionly.kpxe";
        next-server 10.10.90.1;
}
        .....

I am posting this because getting to work wds from another subnet was a nightmare for me.
I also noticed that with some PXE implementations ovveriding from iPXE like:
set next-server 10.10.10.10
set dhcp/next-server 10.10.10.10
does not give any effects wdsnbp.com still try to boot from 10.10.90.1 instead of 10.10.10.10.

I was unable to boot wds without giving the next-server via dhcp.
I had not success trying to chainload wds with other methods.

Regards,
BZ