[K12OSN] Switch Issues

[Les Mikesell]

On Thu, 2006-07-27 at 15:46 -0400, Jim McQuillan wrote:

>   2) Run separate physical lans, so that the LTSP workstations aren't
>      on the same network as the windows boxes.  A managed switch will
>      allow you to setup vlans, so that it can appear as separate
>      networks.

This is the easy way if you can use a separate switch.  The default
install on a 2-NIC server lets you provide DHCP on the client-side
interface only, and will also NAT to the outside if you boot
windows on the clients so they continue to work normally.  This also
avoids bandwidth problems on your network backbone.


>   3) Use the Windows DHCP server to serve all of your DHCP needs.
>      You'll need to add root-path and next-server entries to your
>      windows dhcp config.
> 
>   4) Use the Linux DHCP server to serve all of your DHCP needs.
>      This way, you could get rid of the windows dhcp server.

If you have a flat network, this takes care of the main problem.

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  Les Mikesell
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