[K12OSN] K12LTSP won't LTSP

[Huck]

sonjag at comcast.net wrote:
> 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 there are two ethernet ports...
try typing this as root as the commandline

'ifconfig'

see if it shows settings for eth0 and eth1.

if so...then perhaps you merely need to plug in a network cable from 
eth0 to the switch your thin clients are plugged into.

and plug eth1 into your primary network.

> 
> 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 
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