On Fri, 2008-11-14 at 16:14 -0500, James Knott wrote:
steve wrote:
James Knott wrote:
Anthony M Simonelli wrote:
My guess is that the thin client thinks the DHCP server (Windows NT 4 Server) is also the TFTPBoot server so it times out looking for the TFTPBoot server as well. When it did work, it must have gotten the DHCP request answered by the KIWI-LTSP server and it correctly booted but I can't have two DHCP servers running on the same LAN.
I think I'm having the same problem as this person: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-networking-3/opensuse-kiwi-lts... but I already have the TFTP server address defined in the Windows NT DHCP server. Does anyone know how to configure the KIWI-LTSP server to use a different DHCP server like my Windows NT DHCP server? Also, what DHCP options are necessary for the thin clients?
A device looking for a DHCP server will generally accept the first one to respond. You can't pick a specific one. Perhaps you could add a TFTP server to the KIWI-LTSP settings.
Hi, I havent used this before, but, cant you just have each server hand out different subnets so they dont conflict with each other?
The problem then becomes which DHCP server responds. When a device wants an address, it sends a broadcast to the network. Any DHCP servers will then respond and the device then goes with the 1st one it hears. I suppose you might be able to blacklist a particular MAC, but I've never seen it done.
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Thank you so much for your responses. Basically, I have an Ubuntu LTSP setup right now, with the DHCP server disabled. On the Windows NT server, I have reserved IP address from the DHCP pool based on the MAC addresses of the thin clients and have assigned specific DHCP options for them (Boot File Size, Root Path, Boot Server Host Name, etc.). I thought there was a way to use the Windows NT DHCP server to pass the correct parameters to the thin clients that would work with the KIWI-LTSP setup so I didn't have to run the DHCP server. Maybe there is a way to configure the DHCP server on the KIWI-LTSP to only hand out IP address based on MAC address and forward other requests? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org