Re: Multiple Network Cards on LTSP Server

Joseph Bishay <[email protected]> Tue, 31 Dec 2019 17:31:34 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.linux.terminal-server.general
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Hello.

Sure I can do that.  I suppose my question was two-part:
a) Is it a good idea?  That is LTSP general so I imagine both here and on
GitHub would be appropriate
b) How to do it?  I'll post that to GitHub.

Thank you,
Joseph

On Mon, Dec 30, 2019 at 2:05 AM Alkis Georgopoulos <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Joseph,
>
> The mailing list are deprecated and only used for LTSP5.
>
> For the new LTSP, please open a community issue at:
> https://github.com/ltsp/community/issues
>
> Happy new year to all,
> Alkis
>
>
> On 12/30/19 5:08 AM, Joseph Bishay wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I hope you are doing very well, and a happy New Year to you all!
> >
> > I am in the process of installing LTSP 19.12.  I'm using the base OS of
> > Desktop Ubuntu-Mate, as recommended.
> >
> > Our network setup is such that we have all the thin clients on their own
> > subnet with their own switches.  So we need the two-NIC setup - one for
> > LTSP, the other for Internet into our router.
> >
> > I have 4 network ports on this server and I'm thinking about the best
> > way to set it up for performance.  We have about 80 LTSP clients booting
> > off this server all day.
> >
> > Is it possible to aggregate two NICs (also known as NIC bonding I think)
> > for LTSP traffic so I get better performance?  The switch the server
> > connects to also does NIC aggregation so it can handle whatever we do on
> > the server side.
> >
> > If yes, this is a good idea, are there specific instructions for doing
> > this with LTSP?
> >
> > Thank you so much,
> > Joseph
> >
> >
> > _____________________________________________________________________
> > 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
> >
>
>
>
> _____________________________________________________________________
> Ltsp-discuss mailing list.   To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto:
>       https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Hello.</div><div><br></div><div>Sure I can do that.=
=C2=A0 I suppose my question was two-part:</div><div>a) Is it a good idea?=
=C2=A0 That is LTSP general so I imagine both here and on GitHub would be a=
ppropriate</div><div>b) How to do it?=C2=A0 I&#39;ll post that to GitHub.</=
div><div><br></div><div>Thank you,</div><div>Joseph<br></div></div><br><div=
 class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, Dec 30=
, 2019 at 2:05 AM Alkis Georgopoulos &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]=
">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote=
" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);=
padding-left:1ex">Hi Joseph,<br>
<br>
The mailing list are deprecated and only used for LTSP5.<br>
<br>
For the new LTSP, please open a community issue at:<br>
<a href=3D"https://github.com/ltsp/community/issues" rel=3D"noreferrer" tar=
get=3D"_blank">https://github.com/ltsp/community/issues</a><br>
<br>
Happy new year to all,<br>
Alkis<br>
<br>
<br>
On 12/30/19 5:08 AM, Joseph Bishay wrote:<br>
&gt; Hello,<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; I hope you are doing very well, and a happy New Year to you all!<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; I am in the process of installing LTSP 19.12.=C2=A0 I&#39;m using the =
base OS of <br>
&gt; Desktop Ubuntu-Mate, as recommended.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; Our network setup is such that we have all the thin clients on their o=
wn <br>
&gt; subnet with their own switches.=C2=A0 So we need the two-NIC setup - o=
ne for <br>
&gt; LTSP, the other for Internet into our router.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; I have 4 network ports on this server and I&#39;m thinking about the b=
est <br>
&gt; way to set it up for performance.=C2=A0 We have about 80 LTSP clients =
booting <br>
&gt; off this server all day.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; Is it possible to aggregate two NICs (also known as NIC bonding I thin=
k) <br>
&gt; for LTSP traffic so I get better performance?=C2=A0 The switch the ser=
ver <br>
&gt; connects to also does NIC aggregation so it can handle whatever we do =
on <br>
&gt; the server side.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; If yes, this is a good idea, are there specific instructions for doing=
 <br>
&gt; this with LTSP?<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; Thank you so much,<br>
&gt; Joseph<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; _____________________________________________________________________<=
br>
&gt; Ltsp-discuss mailing list.=C2=A0 =C2=A0To un-subscribe, or change pref=
s, goto:<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 <a href=3D"https://lists.sourceforge.net/li=
sts/listinfo/ltsp-discuss" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://lis=
ts.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss</a><br>
&gt; For additional LTSP help,=C2=A0 =C2=A0try #ltsp channel on <a href=3D"=
http://irc.freenode.net" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">irc.freenode.=
net</a><br>
&gt; <br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
_____________________________________________________________________<br>
Ltsp-discuss mailing list.=C2=A0 =C2=A0To un-subscribe, or change prefs, go=
to:<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 <a href=3D"https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinf=
o/ltsp-discuss" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://lists.sourcefo=
rge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss</a><br>
For additional LTSP help,=C2=A0 =C2=A0try #ltsp channel on <a href=3D"http:=
//irc.freenode.net" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">irc.freenode.net</=
a><br>
</blockquote></div>

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