<![CDATA[PXE boot WDS through VPN tunnel]]>Hello, is there anybody who tried to deploy windows image from WDS throught VPN tunnel?
I set Network booting on DHCP. When I connect computer network, I receive PXE boot, everything looks fine, but it is slow as a hell.

Is there any way how to optimalize boot from remote WDS? Thanks!

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/topic/188125/pxe-boot-wds-through-vpn-tunnelRSS for NodeSun, 10 May 2026 21:12:09 GMTSun, 12 May 2024 09:00:11 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to PXE boot WDS through VPN tunnel on Mon, 03 Jun 2024 16:37:02 GMT]]>Indeed TFTP is, deliberately, very simple. It can be dramatically affected by any latency. You could test a tftp transfer directly and see what speeds you get. If it's bad though there's no much you can do other than use a local server instead.

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/1172040https://forum.netgate.com/post/1172040Mon, 03 Jun 2024 16:37:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to PXE boot WDS through VPN tunnel on Mon, 03 Jun 2024 15:50:25 GMT]]>HI, speed through tunnel is not bad, the problem seems related to TFTP protocol that act very slow through VPN? I tried to run TFTPD package, but wasnt able to upload 500MB wim file. I am not expert at this, so dont know if there is any other possibility how to.. or I will have to just deploy another windows server on remote site..

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/1172031https://forum.netgate.com/post/1172031Mon, 03 Jun 2024 15:50:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to PXE boot WDS through VPN tunnel on Sun, 12 May 2024 12:47:23 GMT]]>What speeds are you seeing across the tunnel? What's the latency across the tunnel? High latency across a layer 2 connection can cause significant issues.

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