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OK, I've downloaded the disk image for a 3Com Etherlink III, this is the card i have (i dont know if I'm supposed to get the corrisponding rom, but it should do fine otherwise anyway i figure. It was on the top of the download listbox - creepy, must have known it was me..). The disk boots and it searches for a DHCP server, I have tftp32 setup in what I think is a correct configuration but you mentioned i would need an "etherboot.nbi" -what does it take to get this file?, is it a reconstitution of the file "pxelinux.0"?

I have two network cards in my "server" machine, i am hoping that they wont interfere with each other (they have been so far, mainly because XP is crap..., but i can play gta:sa... (almost, damn radeon)) anyway, is it that simple -how do i know what part of the system is not correct?, stuck.

When the floppy boots it just bitches about not finding a DHCP and tells me FIVE times that it does not have an IP address (well duh). How do i get around this? -i thought tftpd32 was setup for dhcp...

I really dont understand much of how this works, but I would really like to get it going, sorry if its frustrating to explain.
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The disk boots and it searches for a DHCP server, I have tftp32 setup in what I think is a correct configuration but you mentioned i would need an "etherboot.nbi" -what does it take to get this file?, is it a reconstitution of the file "pxelinux.0"?


No, "etherboot.nbi" is also included in the ZIP-file:

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Just pack all the files in the ZIP-file together with all the files from TFTPD32 in a single directory and select "etherboot.nbi" as boot file.

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When the floppy boots it just bitches about not finding a DHCP and tells me FIVE times that it does not have an IP address (well duh). How do i get around this? -i thought tftpd32 was setup for dhcp...



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- Select the IP starting address to a value that fits your network
- Select a pool size greater than 0
- Select the netmask according to the output of "ipconfig /all"

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I have two network cards in my "server" machine, i am hoping that they wont interfere with each other (they have been so far, mainly because XP is crap...,


Just pull the plug on one of them...

Regards,
Mattias
ok, I found etherboot.nbi (sorry i was so stupid as to overlook it previously)
I set that as the boot file, I set the other options -i'm fairly sure they are correct.

When I go to boot I get the same error, it displays:

"Searching for server (DHCP)....No IP address"
".No IP address"
".No IP address"
".No IP address"
".No IP address"

Two things I noticed;
-It does this weather or not I have tftpd32 running (!).
-The light corrisponding to the client's computer on the switch does not illuminate (No.2 as if it mattered -and no, the light is not broken). So I tried another 3Com Etherlink III card I happened to have lying around, it did the same.

Just about the only thing I can seem to get this thing to do is display other errors...

Thanks for your on-going help, dont stop now - I must be so close...
Please post a screenshot of the output of the command "ipconfig /all" along with the DHCP configuration from TFTPD32. I will take a look at them and tell you if the configuration fits together...

If posting the screenshots here does not work, just send them by email mattias at schlenker-webdesign dot de.

Regards,
Matt
Heres a screenshot of the two configurations:



I hope you can make something from it, perhapse I should have just given the image URL. Tftpd32 is set to the incorrect card -it isnt when I disable the wireless card (but how am I going to connect to the net through it to make this post otherwise...)

I got a clip of the C:\tftp32 folder in there aswell -incase that helps.

Thanks again, oscar
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