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5290 2-in-1 Network boot with Dock
Hi,
I have a Dell 5290 2-in-1 tablet I need to rebuild with our company image. Originally just the tablet arrived so a dock and other accessories were ordered.
My question is can the tablet be network booted using either PXE/UEFI via the dock, as there is no link or activity LED action, or can this only be done via a USB RJ45 adapter?
Many thanks
Jim Layland
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July 19th, 2018 07:00
same issue here. I tried with the DisplayLink D6000 dock and a LAN7500 Usb to Ethernet adapter.
No luck so far. I'll post if i have a solution...
Jim_L72
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July 23rd, 2018 03:00
Hi,
I called the Dell support line to try and establish how to network boot. Unfortunately, after being passed around several times the guy I ended up speaking to had not got a clue what network booting was and I ended up just putting the phone. Only had to call Dell Support a few times and really not very impressed.
Basically the D6000 dock does work with the 5290 2-in1 tablet, however, you need to be in Windows and install/update the drivers for it and voila, a working dock. Unfortunately, this still doesn't help with networking booting so I have had to resort in wasting a lot more time in manually building it and should it ever need rebuilding, it will need to be factory reset and set up manually again.
I can only assume, as like the Microsoft Surface, there may be a USB to RJ45 dongle that will allow network booting from PXE/UEFI.
Very disappointed Dell support could not give me this information.
RogerHei
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February 8th, 2022 15:00
I know I'm necroing a nearly 4 year old thread, but since it hits so high on the results list, I thought I'd let y'all know "the fix."
I Have the dell DA-300 USB-C mini dock, and I went in to enable the PXE boot by setting the following:
Advanced Boot Uptions - Enable UEFI Network Stack (legacy/attempt unchecked)
System Configuration: Thunderbolt Adapter Configuration: Check all three boxes (Enable Thunderbolt, Preboot, adapter boot)
The security level only influences if you have to authorize the dock, i use user authorization.
Turning on these 4 settings allowed my to boot from the DA-300 mini dock to my PXE/SCCM/WDS server.
tsoybeans
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September 28th, 2022 07:00
I was able to resolve the problem by using a Thunderbolt WD-19 Dock. Dell also sells USB-C adapters to that state they allow you to PXE boot on these tablets; which I've used in the past successfully, but have since misplaced.
It took me a while to figure it out, I tried using a Belkin brand USB-C adapter, regular USB NIC and D6000 dock, nothing worked at first until I used the Thunderbolt WD-19 dock.