Hi Frank, >> I was just considering the possibilities of something like a portable LTSP >> terminal. Kind of a mini-laptop, minus most of the stuff that gives a laptop >> its weight and fragility. If it had a wireless network card, it would be the >> ultimate portable computer to use around the house or the office or whatever. >> Just crank it up and log into your LTSP server and away you go. >> >> Does anything like this currently exist? >> >> > I know of a client of ours who has a viewsonic (something 100 something > IIRC) which is something like you describe. But unfortunately it only > has WinCE (or so) and rdp. But that _could_ be remediated, couldn't it? ;-) > There is not yet a PXE standard for wireless card. So I think you'll have to fit a CF card into your laptop with a mini linux distro (something like thinstation, http://thinstation.sourceforge.net, but I didn't saw any wireless card support overthere). Once wifi connection is up your can launch a XDMCP request to the ltsp server. However, if your wifi connection quality is poor, you may have to consider NX protocol.
Another option might be to set up a ethernet bridge over wifi with a dedicated hardware, but I guess it won't be very sexy to glue it to your laptop and wire the powersupply on your battery :-) Cheers, Denis > Cheers > > Udo > - -- > i-nex Gesellschaft für linuxbasierte Netze mbH > > Hüttenstr. 7 > 52068 Aachen > Tel.: +49 241 18 94 100 > Fax : +49 241 18 94 102 > URL : http://www.i-nex.de > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFFo54Y4OBS/SKjuEwRAvAXAJ9c6iLjnAq0RwvtUftzq3yHOmHoxACfX6i+ > kbEK2J9Nj3dv70YwKZYgdTk= > =ANIE > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _____________________________________________________________________ > 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.freenode.net > > -- Denis Cardon Tranquil IT Systems 10 rue du Docteur Bouchard 49400 Saumur tel : +33 (0) 2.41.67.56.99 fax : +33 (0) 2.40.56.09.81 mob : +33 (0) 6 81 66 27 62 http://www.tranquil-it-systems.fr ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _____________________________________________________________________ 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.freenode.net
