PXE-E11: ARP timeout

[Peter Rathlev]

On Sat, 2014-08-02 at 08:08 -0700, Mahmood N wrote:
> Trying to setup a PXE boot on a linux client, I get this error
>  CLIENT MAC ADDR: 08 00 27 69 73 7A GUID: 000000000-0000-0000-0000-8C89A5E06C86
>  CLIENT IP: 10.0.2.2 MASK: 255.255.255.240 DHCP IP: 10.0.2.1
>  PXE-E11: ARP timeout
[...]
>  subnet 10.0.2.0 netmask 255.255.255.240 {
>    range 10.0.2.2 10.0.2.10;
>    allow booting;
>    allow bootp;
>    class "pxeclients" {
>      match if substring(option vendor-class-identifier, 0, 9) = "PXEClient";
>      next-server 10.0.2.3;

The next-server address is part of the dynamic range. That's probably
not your problem here, but it's not a good idea to have things with
statically assigned IP addresses inside the dynamic range.

> I wonder why arp message  timed out? 

It sounds like the client cannot resolve (IP->MAC) the address of the
TFTP server, 10.0.2.3. Is the TFTP server actually on the same VLAN and
holding that address? Can you reach the TFTP server from a another
device on the same VLAN?

-- 
Peter