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How to set up a Mac as a PXE boot server, with Debian Live
Authored by: lullabud on Jun 30, '13 04:07:39PM
It's a good idea to use something other than 192.168.x.x for your network. Those IPs are used by lots of routers, VMWare, Parallels, etc. Use 10.x.y.z as an alternative with a unique number for 'x'. Make sure your network and network masks match between bootp and Network Preferences. If they don't match, e.g. 10.1.1.x/16 vs 10.1.1.x/24, bootp will silently refuse to answer.
Not necessarily true, at least for a home network. 192.168.x.0/24 is great for home networks precisely because it is not (sanely) used in enterprise, and thus there are no route collisions when connecting to VPNs.

Also, in the case that you do want to connect to other 10/8 networks and participate within that IP space, you shouldn't randomly select one because once again you may have routing problems.

But hey, 10/8 networks are really easy to type, especially if you use 10.0.0.x, because you can type those like 10.x and they'll still work with most CLI tools and browsers and stuff.

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