[K12OSN] k12linux and windows dhcp server

[Trey Hunsucker]

Tried k12ltsp and never got it to work at all.

Terrell Prudé Jr. wrote:
> Hmm...if you need to show the Powers That Be (PTB), then you might 
> consider K12LTSP 5EL for your first real deployment.  It doesn't get 
> more reliable and rock-solid than that, and you're supported until the 
> year 2014.  Decision makers like that.  Then, once the PTB say "OK, 
> maybe this 'Linux thing' isn't so bad after all", *then* introduce the 
> Fedora-based K12Linux.
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> Trey Hunsucker wrote:
>> I agree, I am past the dhcp problems.
>>
>> I would love to have the time to test linux as the dns/dhcp server in 
>> a test environment but I just don't have the time and the powers to 
>> be still aren't pro on converting more to linux. Showing them 
>> k12linux is my first chance to prove that linux is powerful enough to 
>> resolve their issues.
>>
>> Trey
>>
>> Les Mikesell wrote:
>>> Trey Hunsucker wrote:
>>>> Les,
>>>>
>>>> You are correct, is it very possible to run linux as the dhcp 
>>>> server for a windows domain but I've had much better success with a 
>>>> backup domain controller handing out dhcp. Just my personal 
>>>> preference.
>>>
>>> I've been running the same linux box for DHCP and DNS for about 7 
>>> years with about 5 minutes of downtime once when I had to move it (a 
>>> k12ltsp version from the RH7.x days).  It always worked for windows 
>>> domain clients and the only change to accommodate AD was to slave 
>>> the DNS zone the AD server used.  I don't really see how anything 
>>> could be more reliable or less trouble than that.
>>>
>>> But, if you are booting to the point where the X server starts, I 
>>> think you are past the DHCP-supplied options anyway.
>>>
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