Skip to main content
ddskier
New Member
June 11, 2010
Question

DHCP Option - Next-Server

We rely heavily on PXE booting in our environment. As a corporate mandate I have to use my Fortigate as our DHCP server. It works great however I can' t get the DHCP options to redirect to our TFTP server' s IP. My firewall @ home has this setup to define the " next-server" & " filename dhcp" options: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1445590/junk/pfsense.png I can' t seem to make this work using the FortiOS' s DHCP options. I tried setting Option 66 to 31302e36302e3230312e32 (Translates IP Address 10.60.201.2), and the " Server Name" field gets set correctly but not the " next-server" . When I packet sniff the network is shows the " next-server" option sent from the firewall is it' s own IP which is screwing up this process for us. What am I doing wrong?

    3 replies

    lubyou
    New Member
    March 8, 2011
    Did you manage to solve this issue?
    jpereira
    New Member
    March 15, 2011
    I had the same problem and even opened up a ticket yet they were unable to help me. Please let me know if you have had more success.
    mr_vaughn
    Explorer III
    March 31, 2021

    Seems this is still an issue even inn 6.0.12

    Thought Leadership. Security Summit. Thursday, November 12th, PGA National Resort, Palm Beach Gardens, FL.
    Thought Leadership. Security Summit. Thursday, October 8th. Disney's Grand Californian Hotel & SPA, Anaheim, CA.
    Security Operations Summit: Modernize SecOps. Operate AI-Native.AMER: November 4 | 9:00 AM PST. India and SAARC: November 5 | 10:00 AM IST. EMEA: November 5 | 10:30 AM CET. APAC: November 5 | 11:00 AM SGT