<p>What was the solution?</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 19, 2011 9:01 PM, "Sergio Chaves" <<a href="mailto:sergio.chaves@gmail.com">sergio.chaves@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> Speed=10/100<br>> Connection=Direct on server<br>
> <br>> Thanks for the help.<br>> <br>> Sergio<br>> <br>> On Wednesday, January 19, 2011 05:38:40 pm cdcoleman wrote:<br>>> The "green" light is the link indicator and/or speed indicator. When the<br>
>> light is off, no physical layer connection detected or it could mean a<br>>> problem with auto-negotiating the link speed. What speed NICs are in the<br>>> servers? Are the clients connected to a hub or switch or directly<br>
>> connected to the server?<br>>> <br>>> <br>>> Chris Coleman<br>>> <br>>> <br>>> <br>>> <br>>> ________________________________<br>>> From: Sergio Chaves <<a href="mailto:sergio.chaves@gmail.com">sergio.chaves@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</a>><br>>> Sent: Wed, January 19, 2011 4:35:48 PM<br>>> Subject: [ale] [OT] LTSP issue<br>>> <br>>> Ok, this is a challenge I need help with.<br>
>> <br>>> I currently have an LTSP environment on Ubuntu 9.10 setup at my church.<br>>> <br>>> Old PIIs and PIIIs boot fine off of LTSP on 9.10 server.<br>>> However, they ALL fail when booting from LTSP on 10.10.<br>
>> NEWER Clients - P4 and newer w/onboard NICs boot just fine off of BOTH 9.10<br>>> and 10.10.<br>>> <br>>> I have noticed that the old clients DO NOT even "see" the dhcp server (do<br>>> not become active with a green light) from the 10.10.<br>
>> Unplugging the cable from the old client nic and plugging into the newer<br>>> client's nic and... "voilla", LTSP boots perfectly.<br>>> <stupid question starts> :-)<br>>> Was there any changes with the DHCP/PXE protocols on 10.10 ?<br>
>> If so, would that prevent old nics from "seeing" the DHCP server on the<br>>> LTSP box?<br>>> <stupid question ends> :-)<br>>> <br>>> Please note that the LTSP installations are on 02 different test servers:<br>
>> LTSP 9.10 is on a old IBM eserver 325 (two network cards).<br>>> LTSP 10.10 is on a old Compaq Proliant DL380 (two network cards).<br>>> <br>>> Could it be something linked to the server's network cards (bios related?)?<br>
>> <br>>> The church officials will not allow me to officially deploy it until I have<br>>> this issue figured out; budget is tight and, for now, upgrade to real thin<br>>> clients and/or newer PCs is not an option.<br>
>> <br>>> Thanks<br>>> <br>>> Sergio<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Ale mailing list<br>> <a href="mailto:Ale@ale.org">Ale@ale.org</a><br>> <a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a><br>
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