Re: Thin clients
The DHCP server on my network does have a "Network Boot Enable" option,
but when I turn it on the client still doesn't receive an IP from the server.
Maybe I am missing something. I will go and find out from the suppliers of
the DHCP server I am using on our network.
Regards
Fred
-----Original Message-----
From: "Sudev Barar" <sbarar@gmail.com>
To: "Debian User" <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:52:03 +0530
Subject: Re: Thin clients
> 2009/1/20 Fred Zinsli <fred.zinsli@shooter.co.nz>:
> > OK, I have attempted the setup below with issues.
> >
> http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?Debian_Etch_Server_And_Disk
> less_EMC2_Thin_Clients
> >
> > Firstly I set it all up without DHCP as I already have a DHCP server
> on my
> > network, but the diskless client fails to get an IP from my existing
> > server so I assume there is some more to this than meets the eye.
> >
>
> The dhcp server is first to hand out an IP to the client and also
> point towards the server where it is to get boot files. (tftp server)
>
> > If I setup the DHCP server as suggested will (could) it interfere
> with my
> > existing DHCP server?
> >
> > All clients on my network use DHCP and my network only has 1
> segment/subnet.
>
> One subnet should have only one dhcp master. So either you create
> another subnet or use existing dhcp server to hand out IP's and also
> point to tftp server (LTSP server)
>
> --
> Regards,
> Sudev Barar
> Read http://blog.sudev.in for topics ranging from here to there.
>
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