Desktop choice/performance

[David Groos]

OK... 8:00 at night at school with my son, setting up classroom
infrastructure--haven't done this in a while...  I've got some
questions/doubts about install,  Here's what I did (am going for 2-nic,
dnsmasq install...

   -

   sudo -iadd-apt-repository --yes ppa:ts.sch.grapt-get updateapt-get
--yes install dnsmasq ltsp-server-standalone ltsp-client
ldm-ubuntu-theme


Question: it asks about config of nbd--not sure what all it means.  What
are the ramifications of yes disconnect all NBD devices on "stop" or no?
While it says traditional is Yes, since No was highlighted (thinking it may
be recommended--sounds safer? I... OK I chose No.  (still as

   -

   ltsp-config dnsmasq


worked... then I quickly unplugged the cable because it said, "*Restarting
DNS forwarder and DHCP server dnsmasq".  Three years ago I took down our
school network with a port broadcasting on the building (external)
network--I can't afford to have a bad rep with the tech dept here... To
investigate I went to /etc/network/interfaces and only saw

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

Huh?
Stymied...
I'd appreciate it if you would add that part about doing a 2 nic setup :D
Also, what about that "Disconnect all NBD devices..." choice I made?  Might
be good to explain a bit of that on the pnp page.

Thanks again,
David


On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 7:54 AM, Alkis Georgopoulos <alkisg at gmail.com> wrote:

> Στις 07/09/2012 03:44 μμ, ο/η David Groos έγραψε:
> > I'm hoping to continue soon with transitioning from 10.04 to 12.04
> > also.  I'm using 10.04 fat clients and am happy.  I am working to use
> > ltsp-pnp and am wondering how/if that works with 2 NIC's since the
> > recommended/described setup is with 1 NIC running a DNS.  I'm working in
> > a windows network and am required to make my Ubuntu labs on an isolated
> > sub-net.  Any recommendations on this aspect?
>
>
> ltsp-pnp doesn't have a problem with how many NICs you have or how you
> have them connected;
> it's just the wiki page that assumes a single NIC setup.
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuLTSP/ltsp-pnp
>
> You can use either dnsmasq or isc-dhcp-server, whichever one you like.
> If you use dnsmasq, just configure the internal IP of the server to
> 192.168.67.1
>
> If you prefer to use isc-dhcp, avoid the dnsmasq-specific things in the
> wiki, like `ltsp-config dnsmasq`, IPAPPEND 3 etc.
>
>
> If you don't manage to configure your 2-nic setup, tell me to add a
> section in the wiki for that case. If you do, add it yourself. :D
>
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