Bill Arlofski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > On 09/03/06, Joe Auerbach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> > > > > > It won't respond to ping because once set up they have the ip of > > > > > the server, as far as I know. [snip] > > Hi Jim, by default the stations log a "-- MARK --" only once per hour. I > was under the impression that Dave Close was looking for something much > more immediate and/or current regarding "stations on-line." > > > Dave Close, feel free to jump back into this "thread-gone-wild" any time > now. :) > It *is* wild, because LTSP terminals (specifically, busybox) *do* respond to ping, and they have their own address. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ ping ws064 PING ws064.ltsp (192.168.10.64) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from ws064.ltsp (192.168.10.64): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.142 ms [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ ping ws065 PING ws065.ltsp (192.168.10.65) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from ws065.ltsp (192.168.10.65): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.197 ms My server's at 192.168.10.7 I would write a script to parse my hosts file for ltsp workstations, ping each of them in turn, and use the result (or lack of it) in whatever way is appropriate. Sit it on a sleep or cron and iterate at an appropriate frequency. -- Tony van der Hoff | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Buckinghamshire, England ------------------------------------------------------- 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&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _____________________________________________________________________ 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
