Hey Martin, ----- Martin Langhoff <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 4:53 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> NETWORK=10.106.1.0 is that network shared with the XO's? > > It shouldn't be, come to think of it. I just checked with APC's networking guy and he says yes, the client machines should be able to access this (it's our LAN).
> > Ray, > > XS has 2 NICS, > > - the "WAN" or "external network": are you using wlan0 for this? No, it's a LAN connection via eth0 (integrated ethernet on the PC). > > - the wired connection to the AP - I expect you are using eth0, right? No, this is via eth1, a 3Com NIC that we put into the PC. > > If you are using wlan0, see > > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Techniques_and_Configuration#Using_a_different_WAN_connection I was trying to do this at home with a laptop and a USB broadband modem during the holidays, but didn't get far. That's in the queue, after we get our PC School Server set up right. > > >> > I should mention that I did a groupinstall of "X Window System" and then > >> > installed mc, firefox and fluxbox, might that have pulled in some > >> > package that is affecting networking? > >> > > >> That could be bad.... can you check if NetworkManager is running? > >> ps -A | grep Network > > [r...@schoolserver ~]$ ps -A | grep Network > > 2755 ? 00:00:00 NetworkManager > > That's a bit nasty. Make sure it is disabled as a service via > chkconfig, and that it doesn't start after a reboot. NetworkManager is now disabled (I just checked). The server is now coming up with the desired static address from a cold boot. I was going to test again with my SOAS but unfortunately the stick got corrupted. I am now making another one. > > cheers, > > > > m > -- > [email protected] > [email protected] -- School Server Architect > - ask interesting questions > - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first > - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff More later, and thanks again, Ray _______________________________________________ Server-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
