[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sunday 15 April 2007 03:06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: >> I'm currently using an etherboot hard drive installation on standard PCs >> for our LTSP clients. I'd like to investigate moving to dedicated thin >> clients to save money and power, however I need to run dhcp on an alternate >> port to work around campus-wide dhcp servers that I don't control. As far >> as I understand, this means PXE booting is not an option. >> >> Are there recommendations for clients that use etherboot or which can be >> easily configured to an alternate port? > > I have had much success with dual dhcp servers on the same port. > The ltsp server serves to known mac addresses only. > > If the client gets a reply from *the other* server much info is missing (root > path, file name etc) so it does not proceed. > > I usually have the first OFFER fail and the second succeed. This make the > whole LTSP setup very easy, and not intrusive for the users. >
Right, but I don't have any control over the "other" (central campus) dhcp server, so if mine is a little slow and the other server replies first the client hangs since the other server is not offering a kernel. I don't see how I could make it fall back to my server short of telling the user to keep re-booting until it succeeds. (Which I don't think would go over real well.) -Steve ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _____________________________________________________________________ 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
