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Wed May 19 23:53:08 EDT 2010


been very good for both PXE and Linux.

> On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 6:47 AM, Gene Cumm <gene.cumm at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 22:59, Dustin Eward <emptythemagazine at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > I have the following device embedded in my motherboard.
>> >
>> > BCM4401-B0
>> > 14e4:170c
>>
>> > The currently installed Broadcom Proprietary PXE attempts DHCP, but
>> > always
>> > times out. The gPXE, when using the 'all drivers' image, works
>> > flawlessly.
>> > If only I could flash 600K+ to EEPROM.....
>>
>> I haven't had personal experience with this particular LoM (LAN on
>> Motherboard) but all of the LoMs I've dealt with are given an option
>> ROM by the BIOS. =A0Upgrading the BIOS may update the Broadcom PXE code.
>>
>> I've also seen where connecting to a manage switch with STP enabled
>> but not set to a quick mode like rSTP or portfast causes timeouts.
>>
>> For reference, could you provide all of the versioning information for
>> the PXE code used by the LoM, the make/model and BIOS version of the
>> machine?

--=20
-Gene


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