[K12OSN] one slow terminal - one fast one.

[Petre Scheie]

I hate to ask this (because I think I know the answer) but why is your district throwing 
out working terminals?  That's one of the selling points of LTSP is that the terminals 
don't have to be replaced until they die (and I know you know this, we've both been on 
this list a long time ;-)).  But I have to ask what the district is thinking here.

Petre

Terrell Prudé, Jr. wrote:
> Yes, I have seen this.  Many times.
> 
> Dell Optiplex GX1's, of which my district has a ton, are known to have 
> issues with the BIOS with respect to the built-in NICs.  Depending on 
> the BIOS revision, some will stay locked at 10Mbps/HalfDuplex, and 
> others won't even PXE boot.  Your slow-responding terminal sounds like 
> it likely has the 10Mb/HDX locking issue.  Flashing the Optiplex's BIOS 
> has fixed the problem for me every time.
> 
> Jim, if you're reading this by any chance, then just in case, it'd be a 
> good idea to flash the BIOS's on all the Optiplexes you sell, if you're 
> not already doing it.  And I agree with you; they make very fine LTSP 
> terminals.  It's a shame my district is throwing them out (hint hint).
> 
> --TP
> 
> Joshua Sanders wrote:
> 
>> I am setting up my 5th K12 terminal system and here in sunny st. croix,
>> and i ran into a problem i can't figure out. I was wondering if anyone 
>> had
>> an idea.
>>
>> The walls are 4 foot concrete so i concerved on running cable by running
>> one or two runs from building to building and then putting a switch in...
>> (of couse following the swtich/hub/router guidelines.) I am in the great
>> room of this plantation home with two teminals and my wireless laptop
>> here. I can log in from my laptop through VNC with no problem. One of the
>> terminals works great (speed wise) and the other one loads the graphical
>> greeter line by line.  The wireless router, and both terminals are 
>> plugged
>> into the same switch, and i tried switching the cables from the one that
>> is fast to the that is slow to make sure it was not a cable issue.
>>
>> The Terminals are all are the same model refurbished dells from
>> disklessworkstation.com same mouse and key board. I cannot seem to find
>> anything different in the .conf, and i am fresh out of ideas. Any one 
>> seen
>> this before?
>>
>> Joshua Sanders
>>
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