Re: [Ltsp-discuss] DHCP question from newbie

2002-11-14 Thread Frederik Dannemare
David Mummery wrote: Hi. Sorry to ask what may seem to be a daft question, but do you have to make a dhcpd.conf entry for every LTSP workstation on a network? Can you just set all the options globally? I'm thinking of deploying this on a 10 user LAN to start with, but there will also be non-ltsp

[Ltsp-discuss] DHCP question from newbie

2002-11-14 Thread David Mummery
Hi. Sorry to ask what may seem to be a daft question, but do you have to make a dhcpd.conf entry for every LTSP workstation on a network? Can you just set all the options globally? I'm thinking of deploying this on a 10 user LAN to start with, but there will also be non-ltsp workstations on the LA

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] DHCP question

2002-02-05 Thread schweer
On Tue, 5 Feb 2002, Jason Bechtel wrote: > Wolfgang- > > This is what happens when you use the 'default-lease-time -1' option? > That would answer my question, then. If there is no true "lease" per > se, and the only record of the address assignment is in the dhcpd.conf > file, then even merely

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] DHCP question

2002-02-05 Thread David Johnston
Jason Bechtel wrote: > >>All you have to do is replace the MAC address in dhcpd.conf and restart > >>the DHCP server. It's a 5-minute procedure at the most that you *might* > >>have to perform once in a week. > > Yes, but I'm not always available. > What about setting up Webmin? To be honest, I h

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] DHCP question

2002-02-05 Thread Jason Bechtel
David- >>All you have to do is replace the MAC address in dhcpd.conf and restart >>the DHCP server. It's a 5-minute procedure at the most that you *might* >>have to perform once in a week. I agree that it does cost a finite >>amount of $$$ (or ¤¤¤), but it's not that bad. <---should be Euro

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] DHCP question

2002-02-05 Thread Jason Bechtel
Jim, It should definitely be added to the documentation. And I think it should also be added to the the .example file. But *how* should it be added to the .example file? If we add it commented out and with a note about the implications, then we don't change the out-of-the-box behavior but w

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] DHCP question

2002-02-05 Thread David Johnston
Jason Bechtel wrote: > > David- > > >>Since many LTSP environments (do not have) uniform hardware in the > >>workstations, one needs to specify different video, NIC, and perhaps > >>kernel file settings for different workstations. > > That's not so true with version 3. The autodetection seems

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] DHCP question

2002-02-05 Thread jam
are case when the DHCP server > cannot be relied upon? > > Jason > > > > Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 18:28:03 +0100 (CET) > > From: Wolfgang Schweer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] DHCP question > > > > On Mon, 4 Feb 2002, Jason B

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] DHCP question

2002-02-05 Thread Julius Szelagiewicz
David, bravo! David wrote: "Every installation has its quirks. However, I like LTSP because it significantly reduces maintenance costs by allowing me to run networks on autopilot most of the time." _ Ltsp-discuss mail

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] DHCP question

2002-02-05 Thread Jason Bechtel
David- >>Since many (probably the great majority of) LTSP environments are not >>done with uniform hardware in the workstations, one needs to specify >>different video, NIC, and perhaps kernel file settings for different >>workstations. >> > That's not so true with version 3. The autodetection

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] DHCP question

2002-02-05 Thread Jason Bechtel
n. How to you feel about this step? Does it make sense? Is it worth it for the rare case when the DHCP server cannot be relied upon? Jason > Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 18:28:03 +0100 (CET) > From: Wolfgang Schweer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] DHCP question &g

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] DHCP question

2002-02-04 Thread David Johnston
Jason Bechtel wrote: > > David, > > I disagree very much. Please see my comments below... > > David Johnston wrote: >> As I understand it, ltsp uses dhcp in part to make IP address >> assignments completely automatic. Infinite leases break this by >> preventing address recycling. > LTSP uses

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] DHCP question

2002-02-04 Thread Wolfgang Schweer
On Mon, 4 Feb 2002, Jason Bechtel wrote: > Matt- > > Okay, but what about just sending it the signal to reread its > configuration file (SIGUSR1, SIGUSR2, or whatever it prefers)? Will > this also be enough to release the infinitely assigned address? If so, > then we have an excellent, foolproo

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] DHCP question

2002-02-04 Thread Jason Bechtel
David, I disagree very much. Please see my comments below... David Johnston wrote: > Jason Bechtel wrote: > >>Jim and LTSP list, >> >>Should this be part of the automatic and/or documented DHCP settings >>when configuring LTSP (default, everywhere)? >> >>It seems like nothing is risked by giv

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] DHCP question

2002-02-04 Thread Jason Bechtel
y you > dhcpd.conf file restart daemon and you shouldn't have a problem. > > -Original Message- > From: Jason Bechtel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 7:33 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: Jim McQuillan > Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] DHCP qu

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] DHCP question

2002-02-04 Thread David Johnston
Jason Bechtel wrote: > > From: Wolfgang Schweer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Thu, 31 Jan 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>You can change your entries in your dhcp.conf file for: > >>"default-lease-time" > >>and > >>"max-lease-time" > >>to a new and larger amount. > > > > having set a fixed address

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] DHCP question

2002-02-04 Thread Egan, Matt B. (Artco)
TECTED] Cc: Jim McQuillan Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] DHCP question > Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 20:44:39 +0100 (CET) > From: Wolfgang Schweer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Thu, 31 Jan 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>You can change your entries in your dhcp.conf file for: >>

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] DHCP question

2002-02-04 Thread Jason Bechtel
> Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 20:44:39 +0100 (CET) > From: Wolfgang Schweer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Thu, 31 Jan 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>You can change your entries in your dhcp.conf file for: >>"default-lease-time" >>and >>"max-lease-time" >>to a new and larger amount. > > having set a fix

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] DHCP question

2002-01-31 Thread Wolfgang Schweer
On Thu, 31 Jan 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > You can change your entries in your dhcp.conf file for: > "default-lease-time" > and > "max-lease-time" > to a new and larger amount. having set a fixed address for a ws, you can grant infinite lease time with this entry: default-lease-time -1 Wol

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] DHCP question

2002-01-31 Thread rapodaca
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 1/31/02, 12:58:31 PM, "Charles Marcus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding [Ltsp-discuss] DHCP question: > Hi

[Ltsp-discuss] DHCP question

2002-01-31 Thread Charles Marcus
Hi all, I've been playing with a new system, and had an issue... I've got a little hub that I'm using on the same subnet my main DHCP server. What I've been doing is disconnecting the hub from my main network, starting up DHCP, booting the DC, then shutting down DHCP and reconnecting the hub,