hi david , David Van Assche a écrit : > Hi, > Apart from that, it's really not hard to install both dansguardian > and some firewall like shorewall and manage both (and other aspects of > the server) with Webmin, I am sorry to disagree but as I said before, the level of most people I know is enought to install the system, update it, but not really more, and with or without webmin
> which for all the negative attention I've seen it get in the ubuntu > forums, is not such a bad tool for those of us wanting gui tools as > well as the command line. i entirely agree, webmin is a great tool > Anyway, the problem mentioned above sounds like nating... I have the > same setup here, some thin clients and the rest being normal computers > connecting to the lan, and they all, windows machines too, get dhcp > and internet from the server. I really would like to see your config as I have some problem to set-up mine. Thanks, All the best Philippe > > Kind Regards, > David > > On 10/30/07, *Gavin McCullagh* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Hi Philippe, > > On Tue, 30 Oct 2007, Philippe Rousselot wrote: > > > It is apparently impossible (out of the box) to get regular PCs > > connected to the edubuntu lan to access internet. it is only > possible > > for thin clients. > > There are (as I understand it) two possible network topologies for > edubuntu: > > 1. Single network interface. Edubuntu and all thin clients sit on > the main > network like all other machines. Edubuntu runs dhcp for all > machines, > and thin client services for thin clients. > 2. Two network interfaces. Edubuntu sits on the main network, > thin clients > sit behind it, connected by a separate switch to its second network > interface. > > In [1], all machines can see the internet directly. In [2], you > can put > your desktops directly on the main network and they will get internet > access _or_ put them behind the edubuntu server which must then have > ip_forwarding switched on. > > It's possible the above situation has changed recently. I'm open to > corrections if it has. > > > remarque: as the primary vocation for edubuntu is to be used in > schools, > > it is quite domageable not to get out of the box : > > 1. parental control with GUI to modify white/black list > > 2. access to internet for regular PCs connected to the server > > What you seem to be describing here is a firewall/content > filtering server. > Edubuntu (again, as I understand it) provides a desktop OS for > schools, not > a firewall. You probably don't want to plug things together as > though it > were the firewall and it doesn't attempt to provide content filtering > (which is usually best done at/near the firewall). > > I would suggest a firewall/filtering product is required for this > need. > Maybe edubuntu should try to provide it, I don't know, but the current > product is really not aimed at that. > > ... or such is my understanding. > > Gavin > > > -- > edubuntu-users mailing list > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users > > -- edubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users
