PXE boot different from imaging server

I am having problems with my PXE pre-boot imaging. we have 2 servers, 1
runs dhcp, and 1 runs imaging. when I boot a workstation for re-imaging,
the PXE loops continuously stating that the proxy server is 192.168.1.6 when
it is actually 192.168.1.7 (the imaging server.) how to do I get the pxe
workstation to recognize that the proxy server is 192.168.1.7 instead of the
dhcp server.

T wrote:
> I am having problems with my PXE pre-boot imaging. we have 2 servers, 1
> runs dhcp, and 1 runs imaging. when I boot a workstation for re-imaging,
> the PXE loops continuously stating that the proxy server is 192.168.1.6 when
> it is actually 192.168.1.7 (the imaging server.) how to do I get the pxe
> workstation to recognize that the proxy server is 192.168.1.7 instead of the
> dhcp server.
>
>
>
Turn off PXE that is running on the IMaging server.

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