[K12OSN] K12LTSP Installation Westmont High School

[Sudev Barar]

On 13/12/06, Bruce Anderson <bruce.g.anderson at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >  Dec 12 14:36:15 server dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.0.253 to
> > > 00:40:f4:e8:e9:24 via eth0
> > The above shows that there is something wrong with your dhcpd.conf
> > file. You say first that your server eth0 is 192.168.0.254 but the log
> > messages above show that dhcpd is offering 192.168.0.253 and then
> > client keeps seraching for this "253" IP.
>  I thought that DHCPOFFER meant that the server was offering 253 to be the
> ip for the client.  In my dhcpd.conf,
>  I changed the range ending from 253 to 199 and now the messages file shows
>
>  Dec 13 09:16:39 server dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:40:f4:e8:e9:24 via eth0
>  Dec 13 09:16:40 server dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.0.199 to
> 00:40:f4:e8:e9:24 via eth0


Cursing myself for putting foot in the mouth....You are right and I was wrong.

So if the request for IP comes and an IP is offerred by server...what
happens at client end? Does it go forth with dots flashing by or?? I
always went back to
http://ltsp.org/documentation/ltsp-4.1/ltsp-4.1-en.html#AEN788 and did
step by step check. HTH.

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Regards,
Sudev Barar