[K12OSN] k12LTSP and static IP

[Kevin Boone]

I like this setup.  I will try it.
When I said I wanted to runn k12LTSP apps I mean running the apps within the 
GNOME desktop envirnment. Can that be done with this setup?


>From: "Terrell Prude', Jr." <microman at cmosnetworks.com>
>Reply-To: k12osn at redhat.com
>To: k12osn at redhat.com
>Subject: Re: [K12OSN] k12LTSP and static IP
>Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 18:21:30 -0500
>
>Then consider what I do, which is run a single-NIC K12LTSP server, like 
>this:
>
>    REALLY BIG WAN
>          |
>          |
>        Router
>      (Cisco 3600)
>          |
>          |
>--------------------------------------------   MAIN LAN
>  |         |                 |        |      (say, 10.40.0.0/20)
>K12LTSP    K12LTSP           Win2K    DHCP
>Client     Server            Client   Server
>           (10.40.0.254)
>
>
>In this scenario, we make sure that dhcpd does *NOT* start when the system 
>comes up.  That means doing chkconfig on dhcpd, like so:
>
>  chkconfig --level 2345 dhcpd off
>
>If for some reason that doesn´t work for you, then we do it manually.  Go 
>into these directories:
>
>  /etc/rc.d/rc2.d
>  /etc/rc.d/rc3.d
>  /etc/rc.d/rc4.d
>  /etc/rc.d/rc5.d
>
>and rename Sxxdhcpd to Kxxdhcpd, where ¨xx¨ is some number.  On my system, 
>it´s S65dhcpd, for example.  I renamed it to K65dhcpd in _all four_ of 
>these directories.  Double check that it´s done in all four.  Really.
>
>My K12LTSP server, you will note, is running in a single-NIC configuration 
>on a switched (Catalyst 3500) network, and the K12LTSP server has Gig-E 
>fiber.  A Bay/Nortel 350T or 450T switch w/ the Gig-E interface will work 
>equally well.  Since I happen to run the infrastructure, I´m therefore the 
>administrator for DHCP too, so I can add the LTSP stuff to the scope 
>myself.  If you´re not so fortunate, then just ask your DHCP admin to add 
>that stuff to the existing DHCP server´s scope.  Yes, it does work, and no, 
>you won´t have any DHCP issues.  The Windows boxes will simply ignore the 
>TFTP and NFS stuff when the OS boots.  With one tweak, this is exactly how 
>I run it, my tweak being that the Cisco 3600 is itself the DHCP server 
>(yep, they can do that).
>
>--TP
>
>Kevin Boone wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>
>>This is good....yes win2k machines would be mapped to the k12box via UNC 
>>path,shortcut on the desktop etc....to the executable that would k12linux 
>>gui, programs etc on the win2k machine.
>>
>>I didn't want the win2k machines to pick up "new" ip addresses...unless it 
>>can be done without setting  the k12ltsp server to run dhcp.   Our school 
>>is already running a dhcp server, I've been told that I cannot put a dhcp 
>>server on the school network for the obvious reasons.
>>
>>
>>
>>>From: "Terrell Prude', Jr." <microman at cmosnetworks.com>
>>>Reply-To: k12osn at redhat.com
>>>To: k12osn at redhat.com
>>>Subject: Re: [K12OSN] k12LTSP and static IP
>>>Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 15:38:54 -0500
>>>
>>>Having to make a few assumptions here.  Do you mean kind of like this?
>>>
>>>  Win2K     Win2K     Win2K
>>>    |         |         |
>>>--------------------------   MAIN LAN (say, 10.40.0.0/20)
>>>           |
>>>           |
>>>           |  10.40.0.200
>>>         K12LTSP
>>>         Server           |  192.168.0.254
>>>           |
>>>           |
>>>----------------------------   K12LTSP LAN
>>>   |         |         |       192.168.0.0/24
>>>K12LTSP    K12LTSP   K12LTSP
>>>Client    Client    Client
>>>
>>>
>>>In this scenario, folks would hit Network Neighborhood / My Network 
>>>Places from the Win boxes, find a share called, say, 
>>>\\K12LTSPBOX\coolapps\AdobeAcrobat, where acrord32.exe lives, and run it 
>>>from there.  They may also have a desktop shortcut pointing to this UNC 
>>>path, or maybe a mapped drive (say, N:\AdobeAcrobat).
>>>
>>>Is this what you have in mind?  If I´m off base here, please correct me.
>>>
>>>--TP
>>>
>>>Kevin Boone wrote:
>>>
>>>>Sort of in the reverse of attaching to a MS Terminal server with 
>>>>rdesktop...win 2K machines would point to the k12 TS and run apps on it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>From: "Terrell Prude', Jr." <microman at cmosnetworks.com>
>>>>>Reply-To: k12osn at redhat.com
>>>>>To: k12osn at redhat.com
>>>>>Subject: Re: [K12OSN] k12LTSP  and static IP
>>>>>Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 23:17:27 -0500
>>>>>
>>>>>Kevin Boone wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>Can the TS work the same if it were given a static IP address?  In 
>>>>>>other word, can we point the clients to the server IP to run ltsp?
>>>>>>
>>>>>Not sure what you mean here.  The TS should always have a static IP 
>>>>>address itself, and by default, it does on the ¨inside¨ interface 
>>>>>(assumes a two-NIC installation).  You have to have something 
>>>>>consistent for your clients to point to, for both the TFTP server and 
>>>>>the NFS server.
>>>>>
>>>>>Do you mean giving the clients themselves static IP addresses?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>
>
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