[Wolves] Funny happenings with LTSP

[Mark Ellse]

Dear Kevan,

I don't have an email address with arkrites in it!

Cheers,

Mark

On 6 March 2011 22:31, Kevanf1 <kevanf1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 6 March 2011 18:29, Mark Ellse <me at chaseacademy.com> wrote:
> > Dear All,
> >
> > We have a lovely LTSP setup at Chase Academy, which Ron helped us set up
> > some years ago. It serves us very well.
> >
> > The server in our IT room serves about 16 clients. The switch that is
> > connected between the clients and the server is an old 100M switch, so I
> > thought I would replace it with a switch which has at least one 1GB port
> for
> > the server, to avoid there being a bottleneck there. (Our original server
> > has now been upgraded incorporating an SSD, which does speed things up.)
> >
> > I bought some secondhand Netgear layer 2 managed switches. They simply
> don't
> > work when an LTSP client is connected. But the non working is bizarre.
> >
> > This works
> > LTSP server -> 100M switch -> client
> >
> > This does not work
> > LTSP server -> 1G managed switch -> client
> >
> > So you think that there must be something wrong with the settings on the
> > managed switch. But when we put the old tatty switch on the output of the
> 1G
> > managed switch, it works, viz:
> >
> > This works:
> > LTSP server -> 1G managed switch -> 100M switch -> client.
> >
> > Obviously everything necessary for the proper working of LTSP is getting
> > through the 1G switch.
> >
> > This is a puzzler. Any ideas?
> >
> > A bottle of champagne for the first correct solution! And I drink it
> myself
> > if I get there first!
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Mark.
> >
>
> Hi Mark.  Absolutely nothing to do with this thread, sorry.  Would you
> mind telling me whether you have another e-mail address with
> 'arkrites' in it?
>
> Feel free to reply off list if you wish.
>
>
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