Tim, This is incredibly helpful. I will get and install the 2nd NIC, and then reinstall the XS software.
I will give all this a try when school resumes on Monday and update the list. Thanks. Gerald On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 11:55 AM, Tim Moody <timmo...@sympatico.ca> wrote: > Hi Gerald, > > To expand a bit on what Martin wrote, the XS sits between the XOs and the > world (rest of the network). You haven't said how the XS and AP connect to > each other, but I'm assuming it is via ethernet, that is the AP is not > directly attached via USB. If that is the case the XS needs two ethernet > cards, one for the AP and XOs, and another for the world. In all > likelihood > these would attach to different VLANs. > > I have fiddled with manually configuring ethernet on the XS and have wasted > a lot of time. If I were in your situation, I would simply reinstall the > latest version of XS, especially since it is suited to your architecture > and > you probably don't have anything at this point that you need to preserve. > > Ask your network guy for a static IP address and addresses of the DNS > server > and gateway for the world. During the install use these values to set up > eth0. Attach this ethernet port to the VLAN that includes external access > (not the XOs and AP). > > XS install will set up eth1 with the proper IP address along with DHCP, > DNS, > Gateway for the XOs. Attach this ethernet port to the special VLAN created > for XOs and attach the AP to the same VLAN. If the AP has a static IP > address it needs to be in the subnet of eth1 and not in the range of DHCP > address supplied by the XS, though letting the AP get its IP address via > DHCP from the XS may also work. Eth1 addresses will probably start 172.18. > It is also possible that what you think are eth0 and eth1 are reversed by > the install and there is a command to switch them, but a little > experimenting will also reveal what's what. > > My guess is that you had the XOs in the same VLAN as the XS's external port > before, which is why ping worked, but nothing else. > > Hope this helps, > > Tim > > > > Message: 8 > > Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 06:10:07 -0400 > > From: Gerald Ardito <gma...@gmail.com> > > Subject: Re: [Server-devel] XS Help, please > > To: Martin Langhoff <martin.langh...@gmail.com> > > Cc: Server-devel@lists.laptop.org > > Message-ID: > > <9403b1570905160310w678cae38w958bbdadfe634...@mail.gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > Martin, > > > > Thanks for the help. > > > > I am running version 0.5.2 (the latest stable version). > > > > The network looks like this: > > XOs connect to an AP > > AP points to server box > > Server box connected to VLAN > > > > The problems I am having: > > 1) I was told by my network guy to set the box for a static IP address > and > > default gateway. I do this via ifconfig, but when I reboot, it is gone. > > 2) I was told by my network guy to configure DHCP for a bunch of > > parameters > > (subnet mask, IP range). I have references about dhcpd.conf but I was > > worried it was created by one of the olpc-scripts. > > 3) So, since the server is not set properly, the XOs can't connect to > that > > newly created wireless network. > > > > The old problems I was having: > > 1) When we were all on the school's regular network, the XOs could ping > > the > > server and vice versa. But the "Register" function didn't work. I don't > > know > > if this is still a problem because I can't get the new chunk of things to > > work. > > > > Does this give you what you need? > > Is it possible to Skype sometime? My Skype username is gmanb5. > > > > Thanks. > > Gerald > > On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 5:45 AM, Martin Langhoff > > <martin.langh...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > >> Hello Gerald, > >> > >> It'd be useful to hear more about > >> > >> - what XS version > >> - network topology > >> - what exact problems you are having > >> > >> it's hard to provide advise. > >> > >> I'll try however. In general, you should not change the dhcpd > >> configuration > >> on the XS. Give the XS 2 NICs, and let it run its own subnet. > >> > >> hope that helps - but do give us some more info! > >> > >> > >> martin > >> > >> On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 10:50 PM, Gerald Ardito <gma...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >>> Hello. > >>> > >>> I need some help. I have been trying to get my XS Server running for > >>> some > >>> months now with little success. > >>> > >>> Recently, in order to alleviate some problems, our school's network guy > >>> established a new VLAN only for the XOs. > >>> > >>> The VLAN points to my server box as the DHCP server. > >>> > >>> Here's what I think I need to do: > >>> 1. Edit the DHCP config file for: 1) IP address; 2) subnet mask; 3) and > >>> IP > >>> range > >>> 2. Edit the resolv.config file to point our schoolserver to the IP > >>> address > >>> set above > >>> 3. Start the dhcpd service. > >>> > >>> Here are my questions: > >>> 1) is that right? > >>> 2) is there anything else I need to do to configure the DNS and DHCP > >>> services? > >>> > >>> > >>> Thanks. I really need to get this running! > >>> > >>> Gerald > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Server-devel mailing list > >>> Server-devel@lists.laptop.org > >>> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> martin.langh...@gmail.com > >> mar...@laptop.org -- School Server Architect > >> - ask interesting questions > >> - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first > >> - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff > >> > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: > > > http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/server-devel/attachments/20090516/6ea6e1ba/attachment.htm > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Server-devel mailing list > > Server-devel@lists.laptop.org > > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel > > > > > > End of Server-devel Digest, Vol 25, Issue 15 > > ******************************************** > > > > _______________________________________________ > Server-devel mailing list > Server-devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel >
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