Hi Gary, Thanks for your help. I should have used wireshark in the first place :) I have added some UK libraries, the National Library of Wales seemed to have a good collection for UK books.
The name of our schools is Houghton Kepier Sports College and we are in a town called Houghon le Spring in the North East of England. http://www.houghtonkepier.org.uk/ http://moodle.houghtonkepier.org.uk/ I have included a moodle link to show we use more than one open source application at our school :) Regards, Tim 2011/6/7 G. Laws <[email protected]> Hi Tim, and welcome to the Koha community. > > In a slightly different order than your questions below: > > 1. Yes, I would recommend Koha 3.4, and it's completely appropriate for a > small school library. Version 3.2 is still supported, but 3.4 is much > improved and it's pointless to start with an older version, do the work to > configure it, then decide, probably quite quickly, to upgrade to 3.4. > > 2. Z39.50 commonly uses port 210, TCP, but apparently UDP is part of the > spec. Here's a quick link I found: > http://www.speedguide.net/port.php?port=210 > It's actually interesting to watch Wireshark while the computer is doing a > Z39.50 search--you'll see the TCP connections. > > 3. Koha vs "Liblime" Koha (Harley) . That's a political decision, but > clearly the Koha community promotes what we see as the "real" Koha, the best > source of information for which is: > > http://koha-community.org > > Only a couple of people on the IRC chat or the Koha mailing list will be > able to help you much with the Liblime version; we are enthusiastic > supporters of "community" Koha. I think it's relatively safe to say that > Koha is under much more active development by a wider group of people than > Liblime's ILS. Don't be misled by the version numbers for each; they are not > comparative. > > 4. I don't know much about using Active Directory with Koha, but someone > else might respond to that. If not, wait a while and ask again; I know some > work has been done with LDAP as recently as v3.2 to address some issues. > > 5. Your questions are welcome! > > If you don't mind, would you care to share the name of your school and/or > your location in the UK? We all like to know where Koha is being used. :) > > Greg > ----------------- > > > On 06/07/2011 09:30 AM, Tim Bateson wrote: > > Hi All, > > I am a new Koha user, looking to get Koha 3.4 installed and integrated > with Active Directory for client access for a UK secondary school. > > I have got Koha 3.4 installed and running on a Debian squeeze server. Is > version 3.4 the best version to use for a new install in a relatively small > school library? > > We are behind a managed firewall so asked for relevant z39.50 ports to be > opened. Can anyone confirm if z39.50 uses udp or tcp (or both)? > > I am also a little confused by whether I should have used the Koha > community or Liblime versions. I chose the community version as I am trying > to promote the use of open source in our school. Can anyone point me to what > the differences are between the community and Liblime versions? > > In relation to LDAP integration for Active Directory is there any > documentation for how this can be done for version 3.4 I have found some > threads on the mailing list, but not found a definitive source for how to do > this. > > Sorry for all the questions :) > > Tim > > > _______________________________________________ > Koha mailing list > http://[email protected]://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org > [email protected] > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > >
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