[K12OSN] Windows Clients Behind an LTSP Server

[David H. Barr]

On 4/20/07, Gustav Kramer <gjk_lists at rogers.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-04-19 at 21:21 -0400, Rob Owens wrote:
> > > >When a client PC is booted up as Windows,
> > > >
> > > >a) can it ping a server on the Internet by IP address (e.g. 172.x.y.z)
> > > >as opposed to server name (e.g. www.google.com)?
> > >
> > > No, it ping by IP.

This was meant to say "Yes, it can ping by IP."  I have no idea what
made me type this.


> Late last year I had a similar problem and found an answer in the
> archives suggesting checking the firewall settings.  Here's and excerpt:
>
> "I found while looking at the Linux Firewall module in Webmin that only
> lo was set to accept any traffic but that eth0 was not. I added a rule
> to accept any traffic on eth0 and now my internal workstations get
> through the firewall just fine."
>
> Here's the link if you want to follow the whole thread:
>
> https://listman.redhat.com/archives/k12osn/2006-December/msg00062.html
>
> It worked for me, YMMV.

My mileage did not, in fact, vary.  Thanks for the tip.  I installed
webmin, added a rule to accept all traffic on eth0, and presto-chango
it works.

Thanks for all the helpful responses.

-dhbarr.