Hi Jay, Jay Perez a écrit : > > Philippe, > > I spent several weeks trying to get my Edubuntu server configured to > allow both thin-client and non-Linux machines to be able to access the > Internet. > > Several people on this and other forums tried to help me but the > answer was so simple I just didn't get the point they were trying to > help me understand. > > I eventually just reinstalled the software from scratch using the > single network card topology that Gavin refers to in his note below > and with all devices and the server plugged into one switch. The > switch was plugged into my cable modem which was connected to the > Internet. > > The only configuration changes I had to do after reinstalling Edubuntu > was to setup my router to NOT provide DHCP (This is done by the > Edubuntu server) and to make sure the Gateway address on the server > was set to the IP address of my router. (Actually, I set my router's > IP address to match the Default Gateway address on the server which I > believe is 192.168.0.1) > > In this setup, the router is providing NAT services and a hardware > firewall. (I don't recall having to do anything on the server to > prevent it from also providing a firewall ...) It was also providing > wireless access for my laptop. > > This worked wonderfully and I could then boot any PC on the network > normally as a full client PC, or, using the network bootup routine to > boot as a thin-client off the Edubuntu server. Ohhh, the rapture ! > > All the computers in the house could get to the Internet without any > problems and I could share files across all the machines on the > network using SAMBA. > > The only significant problem I had afterwards was people's profiles > getting corrupted. I think this was caused by trying to log into two > different machines with the same user login. The symptom I experienced > was not being able to logoff or shutdown from that account once it was > damaged. > > I'd love to be able to take credit for figuring any of this out but > all I really did was plug in the disk and make a few very small > changes people told me to make. > > There are some very talented people out there... Whoever figured all > this stuff out and did all this programming is WAY smart !!! > > Hope your project goes well. > > Jay > > -- Gavin McCullagh <[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. > I unfortunately cannot modify my config as the modem as to stay in router mode for other reasons. nevertheless thanks and i will try this another time.
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