[K12OSN] K12LTSP won't LTSP

[sonjag at comcast.net]

Early warning: I'm a newbie!

I'm trying to set up my K12LTSP server. It's brand new (last year I ran a small number of clients on an old server.) I loaded v5 and all seemed fine until I tried to get clients up and running. The LTSP box is running DHCP, so I know clients can find it, but when it comes to getting the LTSP, nothing's happening. 

>From the Fedora doc, I found this:

By default the LTSP sever runs DHCP on the client's card (eth0) and automatically gives out IP #'s upon request. It then accepts bootp and PXE boot requests and passes on the Linux kernel to the client.

So I think that means that DHCP and PXE both run on eth0, so the card's working. Maybe not.

I remember someone (David Trask maybe?) mentioning that you want to have 2 really different ethernet ports or you might have problems. This server has 2 built in Intel gig ethernet ports. Maybe this is the problem. I just don't know how to troubleshoot it.

If this is the problem, I can install another ethernet card, but then what do I need to do to make it one of the necessary ports (eth0 or eth1)?

Hope this makes sense. TIA.

Sonja Gonzalez
Ellis School
Fremont, NH