Re: LTSP installation on Ubuntu server 18.04

OK, that builds-on/is consistent with what I've been thinking. Thanks Alkis.
David

On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 10:03 AM Alkis Georgopoulos <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Στις 30/1/19 5:49 μ.μ., ο David Groos έγραψε:
> > I imagine there's some way to still use proxy mode and only having a
> > specific set of computers boot from the machine.
>
> Yup, you can tell dnsmasq your client ip addresses
> (dhcp-mac=lab,00:1d:a1:b9:27:b3), and have it reply only to them
> (dhcp-ignore=#lab).
>
>
> > Of course I've read the advantage of the 1 NIC setup in that it requires
> > less setup, but not heard discussed on a practical level the
> > consequences of the 1 vs the 2 NIC systems, especially as it pertains to
> > the required relationship with the WAN. Anyone?
>
> 2 NIC makes LTSP clients a separate subnet. E.g. if you have a printer
> on a fat client, computers outside of the internal LAN won't be able to
> see it (easily).
> The server needs IP forwarding to give Internet to the clients.
> If your clients are dual boot (e.g. Windows/LTSP), then the LTSP server
> needs to be online for the Windows clients to access the Internet.
>
> On the other hand, a 2 NIC setup also has some benefits:
>   * Real DHCP means that you can inform the clients about DNS from
> dhcp.conf instead of lts.conf.
>   * You don't need to care what happens in the "outside" network. E.g.
> some schools here put wifi/access points, the students connect with
> their phones, the 254 IP leases get exhausted... and... the LTSP clients
> then won't get an IP and won't boot, until the router is rebooted.
>
> So, the 1-NIC setup makes a good default,
> the 2-NIC setup is supported for those that suits them,
> and there are no big drawbacks in either case, just minor configuration
> differences.
>
>
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