shared-network WORKSTATIONS {
subnet 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
range dynamic-bootp 192.168.0.10 192.168.0.100;
if substring (option vendor-class-identifier, 0, 9)
= "PXEClient" {
filename "/lts/pxelinux.0"; }
else if substring (option vendor-class-identifier,
0, 9) =
"Etherboot" {
filename "/lts/vmlinuz-2.4.19-ltsp-1"; }
}
}
I saved this from a past message here in the list, but
have not had time to test it, maybe this is the one
you are looking for, please tell me if it works 8)
--- Louis Sabet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi List,
>
> I've set up an LTSP server for a small 10-user
> telesales LAN. I'm still
> waiting for some real end-user testing on this one,
> but as far as I can
> tell everything appears to be working rather well so
> far.
>
> The machine is a RH8.0 machine with the standard
> LTSP RPM installed (latest
> version)
>
> Just one question - The default dhcpd.conf seemed
> unnecessarily complicated
> for what I wanted to achieve. I certainly didn't
> want to have to know the
> MAC addresses of all my machines before adding them
> to the LTSP LAN - what
> I really want to achieve is for ordinary users in
> the company to grab an
> LTSP floppy and just plug it in whenever they fancy,
> thereby slowly
> migrating away from Windows.
>
> So, here's what I came up with for dhcpd.conf:
>
> ddns-update-style ad-hoc;
> subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
> range 192.168.1.50
> 192.168.1.99;
>
> default-lease-time 21600;
> max-lease-time 21600;
>
> option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
> option broadcast-address 192.168.1.255;
> option routers 192.168.1.1;
> option domain-name-servers 192.168.1.1;
> option domain-name "mobiles.co.uk";
> option root-path
> "192.168.1.14:/opt/ltsp/i386";
> use-host-decl-names on;
> option log-servers 192.168.1.14;
> filename
> "/lts/vmlinuz-2.4.19-ltsp-1";
>
> That gets you so far, but then X, and I think NFS
> complain about not seeing
> the machine in the hosts file (can't remember the
> exact error).
>
> So all I did was add every single DHCP address to
> the hosts file, and gave
> it a name as shown below:
>
> 192.168.1.50 ws001
> 192.168.1.51 ws002
> 192.168.1.52 ws003
> 192.168.1.53 ws004
> 192.168.1.54 ws005
> 192.168.1.55 ws006
> 192.168.1.56 ws007
> 192.168.1.57 ws008
> 192.168.1.58 ws009
> 192.168.1.59 ws010
> etc, etc, etc....
>
> Not particularly elegant, but it did the trick. So
> here's my question:
> before I unleash my new LTSP beast upon my
> unsuspecting windows users - can
> anyone see any reason why this setup might cause
> problems?
>
> I already have all the windows workstations picking
> up their addresses from
> this config quite happily, and the LTSP
> floppy-booting workstations also
> appear to be quite happy. Just thought I'd check
> though!
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Louis
>
> --
> Louis Sabet - IT Manager
> http://www.mobiles.co.uk
> http://www.gadgets.co.uk
>
>
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