> Turns out that downloading over HTTP is just as slow (few MB/s) when using iPXE so I'm not sure what I'm gaining. iPXE should be able to max out any gigabit

> Turns out that downloading over HTTP is just as slow (few MB/s) when using iPXE so I'm not sure what I'm gaining. iPXE should be able to max out any gigabit NIC that has a decent driver. If you're using a BIOS UNDI driver (undionly.kpxe) or EFI SNP (snp.efi/snponly.efi) you may be experiencing the misery of a crummy driver supplied by the built-in PXE ROM. If your NIC is supported, try using the bin/ipxe.pxe or bin/ipxe.efi build targets[1] and chainload that instead. If they work at all, it'll mean you've got a NIC with a native iPXE driver, and using that driver may speed things up. Alternatively, the opposite may also be true. Some of the drivers aren't great, and UNDI/SNP may perform better. If you're already using those builds, try it the other way around. [1]: https://ipxe.org/appnote/buildtargets https://ipxe.org/appnote/buildtargets