Fat client have internet but server doa

[Jim Christiansen]

OK, got it, Steve and thanks.  For some reason, the resolve.conf was empty-
well, one commented line:  "Generated by NetworkManager"...  No nameserver
was listed.

Now both the server and fat clients are back up and happy.  I'll try to
finish up the Epoptes install tomorrow.

Thanks again,

Jim

On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 11:37 AM, Rippl, Steve <rippls at woodlandschools.org>wrote:

> If network-manager is installed it does ignore that file, and I don't know
> where it stores the info, but it usually gets it wrong for a server!  Make
> sure you don't just get rid of the applet on the desktop but really remove
> network-manager completely if you want it to use the interfaces file (which
> is way more stable), and then reboot (make sure you have your network
> addresses handy so you can fill out the interfaces file correctly once
> network-manager is gone).
>
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 10:30 AM, Jim Christiansen <
> jim.c.christiansen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello Steve,  Thanks.  It doesn't appear that the /etc/network/interfaces
>> file is being used.  It is there but the server starts without a
>> functioning network...  The interfaces file looks to be complete but just
>> doesn't work.  I have removed the network applet but that hasn't changed
>> anything...
>>
>> As a matter of fact, the Ubnuntu box I'm sitting in front of right now
>> with a static connection has an virtually empty   /etc/network/interfaces
>> file.  All if has in it is:
>> auto lo
>> iface lo inet loopback
>>
>> That's it..  I wonder where the ip, gateway and other info is stored?
>>
>> Right now the clients work, so things are temporarily ok.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 10:13 AM, Rippl, Steve <rippls at woodlandschools.org
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> We always remove the network manager application from the servers
>>> (apt-get remove network-manager) and then just set up the interface
>>> manually in /etc/network/interfaces.  Network manager is great on a laptop,
>>> but we've found it to be a liability on a server.
>>>
>>> I don't know what address range you're in, but the file should look
>>> something like...
>>>
>>> # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
>>> # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
>>>
>>> # The loopback network interface
>>> auto lo
>>> iface lo inet loopback
>>>
>>> # The primary network interface
>>> auto eth0
>>> iface eth0 inet static
>>> address 10.140.20.1
>>> gateway 10.140.10.1
>>> netmask 255.255.0.0
>>>
>>>
>>> Obviously you need your own IP/range in there...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 8:59 AM, Jim Christiansen <
>>> jim.c.christiansen at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>  Hello everyone.
>>>>
>>>> I'm a teacher who had been using K12LTSP for many years on two 30
>>>> client labs and switched to Edubuntu and ltsp last year using only fat
>>>> clients.  Things have been awesome, but today while trying to install
>>>> Epoptes ran into a problem...  I have one wired connection on the server
>>>> but had two eth connections showing in the network applet.  I removed the
>>>> one that was indicated "never used" and now the fat clients boot and have
>>>> internet but the server can't access internet.
>>>>
>>>> The one wired connection that is listed is "ifupdown (eth0)" and can
>>>> not be edited...
>>>>
>>>> I should also say that I had students working on it last year playing
>>>> around with the initial install and checking out what they could do with
>>>> it.  The history file didn't look too scary and when my other server  that
>>>> drove my classroom died, I grabbed this "test" box, slid it into place and
>>>> just added users to it.  It has run well since power up with zero troubles
>>>> until today.
>>>>
>>>> I knew that I may have troubles down the road because I've been staring
>>>> at the other eth1 "never used" for months...
>>>>
>>>> So now I'm kind of stuck...  Help!!
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
>>>
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>>> Steve Rippl
>>> Technology Director
>>> Woodland Public Schools
>>> 360 841 2730
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Steve Rippl
> Technology Director
> Woodland Public Schools
> 360 841 2730
>
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