--- Jim McQuillan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Matt Johnson wrote: > > --- Snipped --- > > > > > > Folks, > > > > I think I'm right in saying K12LTSP distro somehow > > gets around the need for putting in MAC addresses. > I > > may have misunderstood but I'm sure that when I > tried > > out K12LTSP I didn't have to put the addresses in > the > > dhcpd.conf. Anyone know how _they_ get around it? > > > > Since we added auto detection of the NIC and Video > chipsets > to LTSP, you can just use dhcp's ability to hand out > dynamic IP > addresses. > > But, as soon as you want to start having different > specifications > in the lts.conf file for each workstation, you need > to have > a static IP address, so that the workstation always > gets the > same IP address. > > For instance, if you have a different kind of mouse > on a workstation, > or you want a local printer on the workstation. > > Jim McQuillan > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ____________________
Oh thanks folks. That's cleared it up for me. Yes, our workstations were fine with the default settings. Nice one. -- Matt __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net
