Boot from WDS

If you have a WDS on your network you might notice that VLANs or networks not in the same range as your WDS server, might not be able to detect it for booting.

In pfSense you can fix that by doing some configuration on your DHCP server for that VLAN/Network.

Navigate to Services -> DHCP Server -> YOUR_INTERFACE-VLAN

Under Other Options

• TFTP
  • TFTP Server: IP.OF.WDS.SERVER
• Network Booting
  • Check Enable network booting
  • Next Server: IP.OF.WDS.SERVER
  • Default BIOS file name: boot\\x64\\wdsnbp.com
  • UEFI 86 bit file name: boot\\x86\\wdsnbp.com
  • UEFI 64 bit file name: boot\\x64\\wdsnbp.com
• Additional BOOTP/DHCP Options
  • Option 066 - IP address or host IP.OF.WDS.SERVER
  • Click ➕Add
  • Option 067 - Text boot\\x64\\wdsnbp.com
  • Click ➕Add
  • Option 060 - Text PXEClient

• Click 💾Save