Error: No configuration methods succeeded

(Error code 040ee1)

Possible sources

This error originated from one of the following locations within the iPXE source code:

usr/ifmgmt.c (line 259)

General advice

Try using the latest version of iPXE. Your problem may have already been fixed.
Try building iPXE with the debug option DEBUG=ifmgmt
You can contact the iPXE developers and other iPXE users.
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Additional notes

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This error indicates that iPXE timed out while attempting to autoconfigure a network adapter.

In almost all cases the method used for autoconfiguration will be DHCP, and you should read the information relating to DHCP timeout.

This error could be also a bug in UNDI driver. In this case, the issue can be intermittent. This can be solved by upgrading firmware on network card.

Things to try:

Read the information relating to DHCP timeout.

If you are using IPv6, read the information relating to router discovery timeout and DHCPv6 timeout.

After the failed autoconfiguration attempt, check the output from the ifstat command to see if iPXE is receiving any packets (the “RX” counter) or experiencing receive errors (the “RXE” counter).

Test specific autoconfiguration methods in isolation using the ifconf command. For example:
```
ifconf -c dhcp net0
ifconf -c ipv6 net0
```
This may give you more specific information about the underlying problem.

If this only shows up after a reset when chainloading undionly.kpxe, it may be a bug in your PXE boot ROM. A hard reboot will work as a quick fix. A long term solution would be to replace the buggy boot ROM (either with a newer version or with iPXE). Alternately you may chainload a iPXE image with a real driver for the specific card. This is known issue with some virtual machine's stock PXE ROMs.

* If connected to a Cisco switch make sure 'spanning-tree portfast' is enabled on the switch. Otherwise iPXE will fail establishing network connection.