[K12OSN] dhcpd failed
Peter Scheie
peter at scheie.homedns.org
Thu May 29 18:23:04 UTC 2008
Almquist Burke wrote:
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> On May 28, 2008, at 5:57 PM, Marc Fromm wrote:
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>> What does it mean to put the clients behind the ltsp server?
>> If I do the 2 nic install how do the clients know to send their dhcp
>> requests to the ltsp server?
>>
>> Can I convert my current setup to the 2 nic or is it better to
>> reinstall?
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> A "Two NIC" setup is when your LTSP server is plugged into the school's
> network on one side (on eth0 for example) and on the other side is
> plugged into a switch that only goes to the thin clients (eth1 in this
> case). That way your thin client's DHCP requests never reach the
> school's DHCP server. Their traffic has to travel though the LTSP
> server. Here's an example.
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>
> ----- LTSP server ---- Thin clients
> / |
> Internet --- Firewall --- Schools servers (DHCP, File, Authentication,
> Etc.)
> \ |
> \ Other Desktop PCs
>
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> The thin clients are segmented on their own network, separate from the
> rest of the school. Only the LTSP server is plugged into the rest of the
> network on the other network card.
>
> This works well if all the thin clients are in the same room as the
> server (like in a lab, or you have one "server" per classroom). If the
> clients are scattered about with only a couple in each location and have
> to be plugged into the school's network, then the alternate DHCP port is
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Just a footnote: The default setup in a two-nic K12LTSP server uses eth0 for the
thin client side and uses eth1 to connect to the rest of the school's network.
Peter
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