Re: DHCP server ?

Hi Einar,
I will try to address some of the issues, keep reading...

Eliassen Einar (ErgoGroup) wrote:

>Hello list :)
>
>I'm not sure if this has been discussed before...but here goes:
>
>In a perfect world I would be running Linux DHCP server for our users. But
>we have a totally MS dominated network.
>When deploying thin clients over PXE I want to use different images for
>different hardware.
>
There're few reasons to do that. One is architecture related (not your 
case I guess).
The other is X 3.3.6 vs X 4.3.0.
And perhaps some more, but they are the most relevant.

>I know this is easy doing on Linux where you can serve a specific image to a
>specific MAC address. Is there another way ?
>
Selected through the boot loader.

>Take into consideration that all clients are not able to get static IP.
>I havent really looked much at Remote Configuration yet.
>
Remote Configuration allows you to change any (almost) parameter in the 
image not the image itself.

>
>Is it possible to use MS DHCP servers and make a remote config for a client
>based on its MAC address ?
>
You can select the image depending on your IP (or part of it).
If you check the PXELINUX doc you'll see.

>
>I found a post on the list from Diego which said:
>
>The configurations files read are (in this order): 
>default.conf 
><network>.conf 
><MAC>.conf 
><hostname>.conf 
>
>MAC is the hex value (i.e: XXXXXXXXXX.conf)
>
Yes, but it's too late to change the image.

>
>
>
>The problem I'm trying to solve is that I have some thin clients who MUST
>have the X 4.3 version. Because a buggy SiS chip that won't work with X
>3.3.6.
>The other clients run fine on X 3.3.6.
>
>The image for X 4.3 adds up to 8.9 MB and the 3.3.6 image comes to 6.3 MB.
>So I must give out 2 different images in a MS only environment.
>
>
>Do I use Remote Config for this or is there another way ?
>
>Regards,
>
>Einar Eliassen
>
> 
>  
>
I hope this could help you.

>
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