pxe boot uefi ends with pxe-e16: No offer received - ip helper address in place
I've been deploying Windows with wds 2012 to clients running in BIOS mode forever, using wds 2012 and dhcp in the same network, but on different boxes. clients are in a different network and on the DHCP server the dhcp-options 66 and 67 are in place. I tried to deploy to a client in UEFI mode: pxe-e16: No offer received
I removed the DHCP options and set up a ip helper address pointing to wds.
My uefi client started booting from LAN, it downloaded wdsmgfw.efi and started downloading the boot.wim, just perfect.
BUT This worked for some time, maybe a day, and then, suddenly: pxe-e16: No offer received.
Then I would put the dhcp options 66/67 in place again in order to be able to deploy again.
After some time, e.g 1 day, I would re-remove the dhcp-options and pxe boot with uefi clients would work again.
and on and on and on...


  • Edited by woodrapp Friday, June 12, 2015 11:33 AM
June 12th, 2015 11:32am

Hi,

Re-install WDS as standalone mode seems resolve this issue under UEFI deployment.

Refer to following thread and see if it works in your case.

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/2d2e2436-80c8-4c21-9f06-e72097c8dcb7/wds-pxee16-error-when-booting-uefi-clients?forum=winserversetup

Regards,

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June 17th, 2015 4:05am

Hi,

Re-install WDS as standalone mode seems resolve this issue under UEFI deployment.

Refer to following thread and see if it works in your case.

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/2d2e2436-80c8-4c21-9f06-e72097c8dcb7/wds-pxee16-error-when-booting-uefi-clients?forum=winserversetup

Regards,

June 17th, 2015 10:03am

Hi

Yes, it is the case. The standalone mode could deploy image properly, but the problem is that auto domain join doesnt work. This issue has been reported by many users and lots of similar cases could be found online.

http://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?topicid=136623

Please note: Since the website is not hosted by Microsoft, the link may change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this information.

Unfortunately I didnt found any good solution about this yet. As I know the best option in this case might be the MDT + SCCM plan.

Regards,

D. Wu

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June 22nd, 2015 12:19am
Does not MDT rely on WDS in terms of PXE boot?
June 22nd, 2015 2:12am
Does not MDT rely on WDS in terms of PXE boot? Why should that work any better?
  • Edited by woodrapp 21 hours 30 minutes ago
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June 22nd, 2015 6:11am
Does not MDT rely on WDS in terms of PXE boot? Why should that work any better?
  • Edited by woodrapp Monday, June 22, 2015 9:50 AM
June 22nd, 2015 6:11am

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