I have an IBM Thinkpad A30 running a wireless thin client for almost a year. The wireless part is an ASUS Wireless AP WL-330g this plugs into the LAN port and a USB port.
Boot sequence is a little slow, since it is not being used for any CPU intensive Processes it serves its purpose. Paul Jason Chase wrote: >Hi, > >I wouldn't suggest running an X session over wireless. I have done >some short range testing using a wireless bridge. The terminal >session is generally slow and unstable. I also found that any packet >loss can cause weird behavior with an X session. What has worked is >VNC or NX. NX seems the best at replicating the wired network >experience remotely or over wireless. I'll second the recommendation >to use a CF card. Puppy Linux is a CF capable distribution. Check >out this thread which describes use Puppy Linux with NX. > > http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php? >t=11937&sid=d4bef5d8392cc00c1a12fce0f2b9c372 > >Jason > > >On Jan 9, 2007, at 10:26 AM, Cardon Denis wrote: > > > >>Hi Frank, >> >> >>>>I was just considering the possibilities of something like a >>>>portable LTSP >>>>terminal. Kind of a mini-laptop, minus most of the stuff that >>>>gives a laptop >>>>its weight and fragility. If it had a wireless network card, it >>>>would be the >>>>ultimate portable computer to use around the house or the office >>>>or whatever. >>>>Just crank it up and log into your LTSP server and away you go. >>>> >>>>Does anything like this currently exist? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>I know of a client of ours who has a viewsonic (something 100 >>>something >>>IIRC) which is something like you describe. But unfortunately it only >>>has WinCE (or so) and rdp. But that _could_ be remediated, >>>couldn't it? ;-) >>> >>> >>> >>There is not yet a PXE standard for wireless card. So I think you'll >>have to fit a CF card into your laptop with a mini linux distro >>(something like thinstation, http://thinstation.sourceforge.net, but I >>didn't saw any wireless card support overthere). Once wifi >>connection is >>up your can launch a XDMCP request to the ltsp server. However, if >>your >>wifi connection quality is poor, you may have to consider NX protocol. >> >>Another option might be to set up a ethernet bridge over wifi with a >>dedicated hardware, but I guess it won't be very sexy to glue it to >>your >>laptop and wire the powersupply on your battery :-) >> >>Cheers, >> >>Denis >> >> >> >> >> >>>Cheers >>> >>>Udo >>>- -- >>>i-nex Gesellschaft für linuxbasierte Netze mbH >>> >>>Hüttenstr. 7 >>>52068 Aachen >>>Tel.: +49 241 18 94 100 >>>Fax : +49 241 18 94 102 >>>URL : http://www.i-nex.de >>>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >>>Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) >>>Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org >>> >>>iD8DBQFFo54Y4OBS/SKjuEwRAvAXAJ9c6iLjnAq0RwvtUftzq3yHOmHoxACfX6i+ >>>kbEK2J9Nj3dv70YwKZYgdTk= >>>=ANIE >>>-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >>> >>>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>---- >>>Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT >>>Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to >>>share your >>>opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn >>>cash >>>http://www.techsay.com/default.php? >>>page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV >>>_____________________________________________________________________ >>>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 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>-- >>Denis Cardon >>Tranquil IT Systems >>10 rue du Docteur Bouchard >>49400 Saumur >>tel : +33 (0) 2.41.67.56.99 >>fax : +33 (0) 2.40.56.09.81 >>mob : +33 (0) 6 81 66 27 62 >>http://www.tranquil-it-systems.fr >> >> >> >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>--- >>Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT >>Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to >>share your >>opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash >>http://www.techsay.com/default.php? >>page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV >>_____________________________________________________________________ >>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 >> >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _____________________________________________________________________ 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
