[K12OSN] pxe wifi k12ltsp

[Peter Scheie]

In 2008 at LTSP-by-the-Sea, Stephane Graber, who was working for 
Revolution Linux at the time but currently works for Canonical, 
described to me a netbook on which he had built such a 
micro-distribution.  It was just enough to get the wireless working, and 
perhaps X; but then it provided a login to the server, and the apps ran 
on the server but displayed on the netbook just as with LTSP.  I'm sure 
he'd be happy to tell you about it if you asked.  He can be found on 
#ltsp most days, and is known as stgraber.

Peter

Jim Kinney wrote:
> That's the holy grail of tc computing. However wireless protocols don't
> support pxe boot. Add to that, most wireless nics require some firmware
> loading to function and things look grim.
> What does work is a micro-distro that has what would be pxe-boot loaded
> anyway as kernel plus remote mount root back to the tc server.
> On Dec 8, 2011 8:39 AM, "Barry Cisna" <cisna-barry at wc235.k12.il.us> wrote:
>
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>> Hello All,
>>
>> Call me nuts.
>> Has anyone thought of any ideas on integrating pxe into either the bios
>> of a TC mobo to interface with the onboard wifi chip or possibly an usb
>> wifi dongle and dump pxe firmware onto it?
>> I would think someone smarter than I have thought of this
>> implementation.
>> Here is what my insane idea is:
>>
>> 1) wifi firmware that on boot searches for any open AP then
>> transparently connects to 'strongest signal' AP.
>> 1a) at this point the wifi interface has obtained a valid ip for the
>> lan.
>> 2) once connected to an ip address the pxe boot standard kicks in.
>> 3) k12ltsp boots as though it is wired
>>
>> #4) The above could be a boot sequence option for example in the bios
>> setup.Possibly labeled ' wifi/pxe' boot,,,:)
>>
>> I know everyone will say wireless TC's will be a slug,but it does seem
>> that this scenario should be possible,for someone that is familiar with
>> hacking bios/firmware images. This is of course AFTER spending countless
>> hours and all nighters making it actually happen.
>> Flame suit on...
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Barry
>>
>>
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