PXE booting, not using DHCP addresses and then timing out

[misterkiem]

Am trying to install Windows onto a laptop that has no CDROM drive via PXE Network boot, and on boot from the laptop it successfully connects to the server, but for some reason uses the ip address 0.0.0.5, and then times out when trying to download the boot file. I have followed the instructions according to this guide with a few changes..

http://winner.windowsdream.com/winner/doc/pxe.html

My internal address for the server is 192.168.2.102. The router that the server and laptop client is connected to has an ip of 192.168.2.1. As such The ftpd32 server is bound to 192.168.2.102, the DHCP is ip addresses from 192.168.2.200 with a pool of 10, and gateway and wins/dns set to the router ip at 192.168.2.1.

It seems like the nic has a statically assigned address or something, which doesn't really make sense.. its a Realtek RLT8139, and the laptop is a compaq presario r3000.
Here is the server log

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Rcvd DHCP Discover Msg for IP 0.0.0.0, Mac 00:0F:B0:05:EE:35 [04/03 13:21:52.206]
00:0F:B0:05:EE:35: statically assigned to address 0.0.0.5 [04/03 13:21:52.206]
3088 Request 2 not processed [04/03 13:21:52.253]
Rcvd DHCP Rqst Msg for IP 0.0.0.0, Mac 00:0F:B0:05:EE:35 [04/03 13:21:54.190]
Connection received from 0.0.0.5 on port 2070 [04/03 13:21:54.206]
Read request for file <pxelinux.0>. Mode octet [04/03 13:21:54.206]
OACK: <tsize=14116,> [04/03 13:21:54.206]
Using local port 3638 [04/03 13:21:54.206]
3088 Request 2 not processed [04/03 13:21:54.237]
Connection received from 0.0.0.5 on port 2071 [04/03 13:21:56.253]
Read request for file <pxelinux.0>. Mode octet [04/03 13:21:56.253]
OACK: <tsize=14116,> [04/03 13:21:56.253]
Using local port 3639 [04/03 13:21:56.253]
Connection received from 0.0.0.5 on port 2072 [04/03 13:22:00.237]
Read request for file <pxelinux.0>. Mode octet [04/03 13:22:00.237]
OACK: <tsize=14116,> [04/03 13:22:00.237]
Using local port 3640 [04/03 13:22:00.237]
Connection received from 0.0.0.5 on port 2073 [04/03 13:22:06.222]
Read request for file <pxelinux.0>. Mode octet [04/03 13:22:06.222]
OACK: <tsize=14116,> [04/03 13:22:06.222]
Using local port 3641 [04/03 13:22:06.222]
TIMEOUT waiting for Ack block #0  [04/03 13:22:09.300]
TIMEOUT waiting for Ack block #0  [04/03 13:22:11.300]
Connection received from 0.0.0.5 on port 2074 [04/03 13:22:14.175]
Read request for file <pxelinux.0>. Mode octet [04/03 13:22:14.190]
OACK: <tsize=14116,> [04/03 13:22:14.190]
Using local port 3643 [04/03 13:22:14.190]
TIMEOUT waiting for Ack block #0  [04/03 13:22:15.284]
TIMEOUT waiting for Ack block #0  [04/03 13:22:21.269]
Connection received from 0.0.0.5 on port 2075 [04/03 13:22:24.128]
Read request for file <pxelinux.0>. Mode octet [04/03 13:22:24.128]
OACK: <blksize=1456,> [04/03 13:22:24.128]
Using local port 3646 [04/03 13:22:24.128]
TIMEOUT waiting for Ack block #0  [04/03 13:22:29.237]
TIMEOUT waiting for Ack block #0  [04/03 13:22:39.190]
Connection received from 0.0.0.5 on port 2076 [04/03 13:23:01.190]
Read request for file <pxelinux.0>. Mode octet [04/03 13:23:01.190]
OACK: <blksize=1456,> [04/03 13:23:01.190]
Using local port 3649 [04/03 13:23:01.190]
TIMEOUT waiting for Ack block #0  [04/03 13:23:16.253]
Connection received from 0.0.0.5 on port 2077 [04/03 13:24:13.190]
Read request for file <pxelinux.0>. Mode octet [04/03 13:24:13.206]
OACK: <blksize=1456,> [04/03 13:24:13.206]
Using local port 3655 [04/03 13:24:13.206]
TIMEOUT waiting for Ack block #0  [04/03 13:24:28.253]
Connection received from 0.0.0.5 on port 2078 [04/03 13:26:01.175]
Read request for file <pxelinux.0>. Mode octet [04/03 13:26:01.175]
OACK: <blksize=1456,> [04/03 13:26:01.175]
Using local port 3694 [04/03 13:26:01.175]
TIMEOUT waiting for Ack block #0  [04/03 13:26:16.222]
Connection received from 0.0.0.5 on port 2079 [04/03 13:28:25.128]
Read request for file <pxelinux.0>. Mode octet [04/03 13:28:25.128]
OACK: <blksize=1456,> [04/03 13:28:25.128]
Using local port 3763 [04/03 13:28:25.128]
TIMEOUT waiting for Ack block #0  [04/03 13:28:40.175]
Rcvd DHCP Discover Msg for IP 0.0.0.0, Mac 00:0F:B0:05:EE:35 [04/03 13:33:01.050]
00:0F:B0:05:EE:35: statically assigned to address 0.0.0.5 [04/03 13:33:01.050]
3088 Request 2 not processed [04/03 13:33:01.097]
Rcvd DHCP Rqst Msg for IP 0.0.0.0, Mac 00:0F:B0:05:EE:35 [04/03 13:33:03.034]
Connection received from 0.0.0.5 on port 2070 [04/03 13:33:03.050]
Read request for file <pxelinux.0>. Mode octet [04/03 13:33:03.050]
OACK: <tsize=14116,> [04/03 13:33:03.050]
Using local port 3926 [04/03 13:33:03.050]
3088 Request 2 not processed [04/03 13:33:03.081]
Connection received from 0.0.0.5 on port 2071 [04/03 13:33:05.097]
Read request for file <pxelinux.0>. Mode octet [04/03 13:33:05.097]
OACK: <tsize=14116,> [04/03 13:33:05.097]
Using local port 3928 [04/03 13:33:05.097]
Connection received from 0.0.0.5 on port 2072 [04/03 13:33:09.065]
Read request for file <pxelinux.0>. Mode octet [04/03 13:33:09.065]
OACK: <tsize=14116,> [04/03 13:33:09.065]
Using local port 3929 [04/03 13:33:09.065]
Connection received from 0.0.0.5 on port 2073 [04/03 13:33:15.065]
Read request for file <pxelinux.0>. Mode octet [04/03 13:33:15.065]
OACK: <tsize=14116,> [04/03 13:33:15.065]
Using local port 3930 [04/03 13:33:15.065]
TIMEOUT waiting for Ack block #0  [04/03 13:33:18.128]
TIMEOUT waiting for Ack block #0  [04/03 13:33:20.144]
Connection received from 0.0.0.5 on port 2074 [04/03 13:33:23.019]
Read request for file <pxelinux.0>. Mode octet [04/03 13:33:23.019]
OACK: <tsize=14116,> [04/03 13:33:23.019]
Using local port 3933 [04/03 13:33:23.019]
TIMEOUT waiting for Ack block #0  [04/03 13:33:24.128]
TIMEOUT waiting for Ack block #0  [04/03 13:33:30.112]
Connection received from 0.0.0.5 on port 2075 [04/03 13:33:32.972]
Read request for file <pxelinux.0>. Mode octet [04/03 13:33:32.972]
OACK: <blksize=1456,> [04/03 13:33:32.972]
Using local port 3948 [04/03 13:33:32.972]
TIMEOUT waiting for Ack block #0  [04/03 13:33:38.081]
TIMEOUT waiting for Ack block #0  [04/03 13:33:48.019]
Connection received from 0.0.0.5 on port 2076 [04/03 13:34:08.987]
Read request for file <pxelinux.0>. Mode octet [04/03 13:34:08.987]
OACK: <blksize=1456,> [04/03 13:34:08.987]
Using local port 3953 [04/03 13:34:08.987]
TIMEOUT waiting for Ack block #0  [04/03 13:34:24.050]
Connection received from 0.0.0.5 on port 2077 [04/03 13:35:20.987]
Read request for file <pxelinux.0>. Mode octet [04/03 13:35:20.987]
OACK: <blksize=1456,> [04/03 13:35:20.987]
Using local port 4002 [04/03 13:35:20.987]
TIMEOUT waiting for Ack block #0  [04/03 13:35:36.050]
Connection received from 0.0.0.5 on port 2078 [04/03 13:37:08.972]
Read request for file <pxelinux.0>. Mode octet [04/03 13:37:08.972]
OACK: <blksize=1456,> [04/03 13:37:08.972]
Using local port 4007 [04/03 13:37:08.972]
TIMEOUT waiting for Ack block #0  [04/03 13:37:24.019]
Connection received from 0.0.0.5 on port 2079 [04/03 13:39:32.925]
Read request for file <pxelinux.0>. Mode octet [04/03 13:39:32.925]
OACK: <blksize=1456,> [04/03 13:39:32.925]
Using local port 4032 [04/03 13:39:32.925]
TIMEOUT waiting for Ack block #0  [04/03 13:39:47.972]
Rcvd DHCP inform Msg for IP 192.168.2.102, Mac 00:1D:7D:A8:02:5A [04/03 13:40:55.378]

[Curtis8]

You may have better luck with Unattended.

[it2051229]

well at least you have successfully booted from the server and I CAN'T.

I've tried to download the files from the RELEASE section of SySAngel and there are a lot of them.. i mean A LOT.. isn't there a one time download for all of those? Especially the language it has English, Korean, Japanese, and more and i only needed the ENGLISH (60+ MB) and it kept downloading korean and japanese and each of the language is (60+ MB) which is time wasting actually.

Before I tried SysAngel DVD generator, I tried to visit other website's PXE tutorial using TFTPD32 cause downloading all the files from the release folder takes a lot of time ... and I have a question which I hope could be answered here:

1. is it possible to use a laptop as a server?
2. I'm using a router which has DHCP enabled. If i'm going to use TFTPD32, do I have to disable the router's DHCP?
3. I kept on pressing f12 on my PC desktop which has PXE enabled on BIOS and I can't boot to my laptop server.