On 9/1/06, Dormition Skete <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to set LTSP up on this fancy new server we got, and I'm a bit > confused about something. > > This thing has two on-board gigabit network ports. Obviously, I have to > assign a separate IP Address for each one (or use DHCP). The server itself > just has one host name, though (right? I mean it has to). So when I edit > my /etc/hosts file and set up DNS, do I point both network cards to the same > host? > > Also, I would imagine that I could probably edit my ltsp.conf file so some > of the thin clients use one port and some the other. That works, right? Or > does the machine just automatically balance out the network traffic without > me having to do this? > > I'd really appreciate some expert help, please. > > This is the only thing I'm not real clear about with this thing, though, so > I'll try not to be a pain... > > With kind regards, > > Peter, hieromonk > > ---- > Dormition Skete > Our Monastery Website: http://www.DormitionSkete.org > Our Catechetical Website: http://www.TrueOrthodoxy.Info > ---- >
You could just keep it simple and ignore the second nic. You would only need it if you want to route traffic, create another subnet or make it a failover. I think if you assign each nic an ip on the same subnet, that would cause problems. bob ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&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
