Am Freitag, den 01.09.2006, 15:15 -0600 schrieb Dormition Skete: > 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...
The most popular solutions seems to be this: Assign one NIC to the LTSP network (running DHCP server on that nic etc.), and use an IP range for LTSP that is not in use on the rest of your network (if that exists). Then the second NIC is connected to the "internet" (cable modem / router or rest of the network where standalone PCs live). This setup has some advantages over just letting one NIC free: - The LTSP network is LTSP-only, there are no other servers, no rogue DHCP server etc. - You can play around with the IP addresses as you like. - You can easily setup a firewall on the LTSP server: Just discard any incoming TCP connection requests or similar. The "external" network is _only_ needed for internet access and can be filtered strictly - You can run a "dhclient" on your LTSP server's "external" network card to obtain an address from another DHCP server on your "external" network, if that is necessary. Have a nice weekend, BR Anselm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
