What about:
- load the GUI firmware
- configure the "Servers" section with your fixed Sunray
server IP address (or sunrayservername.domainname) if the
local DHCP/DNS setup will resolve the address of the
sunray server on your subdomain)
- leave the IP set to "DHCP" in the "TCP/IP" section
of the GUI firmware setup
- set the firmware password to avoid tinkering
You can now plug the unit in anywhere on your network and
it will:
- pick up its IP, netmask, and default router from your
IT group's standard DHCP server
- resolve the server IP via DNS (if you didn't use a
hardcoded IP number)
- drill through to your designated sunray server via its
defaultrouter
There is still a tiny bit of initial setup to load the GUI
firmware and input two (sunray and firmware) server addresses,
but after that the units should be fully plug and play.
I hope I haven't misunderstood your requirement.
Sean
>
>Hi,
>
>we are currently in the process of redesigning our SunRay infrastructure and
>need to switch from a dedicated interconnect setup to a "remote shared
>subnet" setup for technical and administrative reasons. In the new setup we
>will neither have control over the DHCP parameters provided to the DTUs nor
>the DNS name space so we cannot easily configure the list of SunRay and
>firmware servers for the DTUs.
>
>Deploying the "GUI firmware" and configuring each DTU manually works fine but
>isn't really an option for 250+ terminals. Apart from that it really seems
>attractive to not have a settings menu where a user might (accidentally or
>intentionally) misconfigure the device.
>
>It would be really nice if there were some kind of mechanism that allows us to
>generate a custom firmware that either
>
>- contains a fixed list of (names or addresses) of SunRay and/or firmware
> servers to contact, or
>
>- issues DNS queries for the full qualified names sunray-servers.my.domain
> and/or sunray-config-server.my.domain.
>
>Equipped with such a firmware, the DTUs spread across the campus would be
>really "zero-admin" devices for us.
>
>So the question is: does anyone know if it is possible to get/buy such a
>toolset that allows to create a custom firmware? Of course other hints to
>achieve the same result are welcome as well... :-)
>
>cheers,
> Torsten
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