Hi Corey
The project is on hold.
I had no luck with the Router's DHCP function, but I will try from Windows.
Opening up the ports Inbound/Outbound, the client launched successfully
Thx.
Andre
On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 6:54 PM, Corey Murtagh <
corey.murt...@ourvacationcentre.com> wrote:
> Hi Andre,****
>
> ** **
>
> 1) Yes, the router’s DHCP server should suffice. The critical issue is
> that the OTC Server needs to be able to see the DHCP requests sent by the
> client, which won’t always happen. If you have another DHCP server
> available that can provide the PXE data as well then you can use that
> instead of the router – a Windows Server for instance.****
>
> ** **
>
> 2) By default outbound traffic is not blocked. You should allow the OTC
> server to communicate in/out on all listed ports.****
>
> ** **
>
> 3) OTC clients run a modified Linux distribution, so Office is not
> available. You can use remote desktop to connect the clients to a terminal
> server and use your windows apps from there.****
>
> ** **
>
> I’ll leave the other questions for people more knowledgeable than me J****
>
> ** **
>
> ** **
>
> Regards,****
>
> ** **
>
> Corey Murtagh****
>
> Asia-Pacific IT Support****
>
> International, Cruise & Excursion, Inc****
>
> Phone: 07 5514 3328****
>
> ** **
>
> *From:* Andre Athanas [mailto:atha...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, 5 July 2012 2:18 AM
> *To:* openthinclient-user@lists.sourceforge.net
> *Subject:* [openthinclient-user] Questions****
>
> ** **
>
> Hi All
>
> 1) The Network Requirements specifies that a DHCP server needs to be
> running, can I use a routers DHCP service?, or do I have to install a DHCP
> server?
> I setup a test machine, the client was not listed in the PXE clients,
> but I then created a client manually, assigned an ip address and it booted
> fine.
>
> 2) Setting up the Windows Firewall; are the ports that are listed in the
> firewall section, require both inbound & outbound rules? I'm assuming both
>
> 3) I want to use MSOffice as a shared application, is it possible?, & how
> to do it?
>
> 4) Also I want to use Google Chrome as a browser, can it be done?
>
> 5) Openoffice is listed in the Installable options, how do I install it?
>
> Thx!
>
> Andre
>
> ****
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