On Wednesday 10 January 2007 01:34, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> 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 :-)
There was recently some discussion on sourceforge about sandisk making flash laptop drives. This would make an easy wireless ltsp-compatible type solution. A more realistic option is a USB mem stick that boots. Power for the HD is an issue, but this too is a good solution Compact flash is kewl, but how would you get it into *any* laptop? PXE wireless boot is realistically not going to happen! James PS I hate general unqualified statements, so Before the wireless card can PXE boot the host PCMCIA interface must be enabled then the card must be enabled, all must be generic to any host and presumably to any LAN card. All done from the bootrom on the not yet working card ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
