If you have a alot of heavy traffic going to the server( switch or no switch the Server only has one nic) you can get collision problems cuasing a slow boot. I have had this paticular problem in the past.
Evan On Fri, 29 Nov 2002 14:06:56 -0500 Derek Dresser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quoting Mohammad Ikhsan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Hi All > > > > I'm having trouble with my LTSP instalation. > > I have 5 duron 800 LTSP clients connected to an AthlonXP 1800+ LTSP v > > 3.0 server on Mandrake 8.2. I'm using a D-Link 8 ports 10/100 switch. > > The clients and server use rtl8139 based NIC > > > > My problem is those clients boot very slow. Each of them took almost 5 > > minutes just to boot to RL 3, and a LOT longer to RL 5. > > or is it natural to have a client that took that long to boot? > > > > That doesn't sound normal at all. Assuming the clients have at least 32MB RAM, > I would suspect the D-link switch. Try plugging one in directly with a cross > over cable if that's feasible. > > Another thing I always suspect if there seems to be a place where it hangs for a > long time is DNS issues. not sure that that applies in this case, but DNS is a > common cause of long timeouts. > > HTH, > Derek > > > Thanks in advance > > > > > > > > -- > > Best regards, > > Ikhsan mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Get the new Palm Tungsten T > > handheld. Power & Color in a compact size! > > http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?palm0002en > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > > > -- > Derek Dresser > Gould Academy > Bethel, ME 04217 > (207)824-7700 > > "Nothing endures but change" > --Heraclitus > > > ------------------------------------------------- > This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Get the new Palm Tungsten T > handheld. Power & Color in a compact size! > http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?palm0002en > _____________________________________________________________________ > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Get the new Palm Tungsten T handheld. Power & Color in a compact size! http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?palm0002en _____________________________________________________________________ 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
