Am Montag, den 06.03.2006, 15:40 +0100 schrieb Pierre Yann Baco: > Anselm Martin Hoffmeister a écrit : > > Am Sonntag, den 05.03.2006, 22:41 +0100 schrieb Richard Bos: > >> Just wondering whether something like wireless pxe exists? I know that > >> something like a Wireless Access Point + Ethernet Adapter exists: > >> http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=12&l2=41&l3=0&model=59&modelmenu=1 > >> But this is not the same as say native pxe functionality for a wireless > >> card. > >> > >> I can imagine that e.g. configuring the wireless encryption key might be a > >> problem for wireless pxe, but this could be stored in the bios (if > >> supported). It would be nice to hear why e.g. pxe via a wireless card is > >> not > >> possible (and might never be possible). (Or: why is pxe via a fixed > >> ethernet > >> connection possible and is it not possible via a wireless card). > > > > I do not know of any wireless NIC that supports booting: There seems to > > be no PXE driver for any wireless chipset at all. > > > > In theory, booting via wireless differs from "wired ethernet" booting in > > two (additional) steps: The selection of the correct wireless network > > (choosing the strongest signal is not a reasonable option in my opinion) > > and the setup of encription (support of only unencrypted wireless is a > > real stupid idea). Having a look at the typical 3com MBA which features > > some kind of setup screen and stores several bytes worth of > > configuration data, it should be feasible to configure a computer for > > wireless booting in a sensible way. Just there was noone yet to write > > the appropriate PXE driver or etherboot module. > > > > Alas, no wireless booting. > > > > Using a D-Link AirPlus G (DWL-G730/AP), I've been able to connect a thin > client to a LTSP server (goal: connect a remote classroom to the main > school network). The thin client is a recycled desktop with a standard > PXE board (nothing else: direct bios boot from the board). It's a bit > slow to boot (around 2 minutes to load Linux), and screen refresh > is sometimes erratic. But it works. Forget sound/video streaming. One of > these days, I'm going to check if I can get better results with NX > (compressed screen updates should give better results).
I did the same with some cheapo D-Link Access Point back in the days of 11Mbit-WLAN. It took ages, but it worked. However the interesting part would be to have the thin client booting directly off the wireless NIC integrated into it (e.g. using a laptop as thin-client). Regards Anselm ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0944&bid$1720&dat1642 _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
