On 06/10/11 20:30, Ireneusz Szcześniak wrote:
Student bring their laptops and get the ethernet cable from the lab
computers. They do it frantically a few times, and the desktop interface
gets this address.
Personally, I would set up a wireless interface for student's laptops.
Then, LART any s
Ireneusz Szcześniak wrote:
> Thank you, Chris, for the idea. The IP addresses would be randomly
> distributed, while I would like to keep them in a contiguous range.
That's fine; I suspect the earlier suggestion would suit you better.
Chris
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lis
On 2011-10-06, Ireneusz Szcześniak wrote:
> On 06.10.2011 00:08, Liam O'Toole wrote:
>> Yet another option is to configure clients to send their hostname in the
>> DHCP request. The hostnames will register with dnsmasq's DNS resolver,
>> so you can connect to the clients by hostname rather than IP
On Thu, Oct 06, 2011 at 07:30:00PM BST, Ireneusz Szcześniak wrote:
> On 06.10.2011 08:56, Raf Czlonka wrote:
> > What do you mean by "falls back to a random IP address"?
>
> The interface is assigned an address in the range 169.254.0.0/16.
Remove the package which assigns those IP addresses, e.g.
On 06.10.2011 08:56, Raf Czlonka wrote:
> What do you mean by "falls back to a random IP address"?
The interface is assigned an address in the range 169.254.0.0/16.
> What purpose unplugging the PC from the network has?
> Is it part of the lab?
Student bring their laptops and get the ethernet
On Thu, Oct 06, 2011 at 06:13:04AM BST, Ireneusz Szcześniak wrote:
> This is what I have already done, but the static lease doesn't
> protect me from the "unplugging problem" and the behaviour of
> dhclient. I haven't looked into the config of dhclient yet, but
> reconfiguring it so that it keeps
On 06.10.2011 00:08, Liam O'Toole wrote:
On 2011-10-05, Raf Czlonka wrote:
On Wed, Oct 05, 2011 at 08:59:08PM BST, Ireneusz Szcześniak wrote:
The computers are in a university laboratory, where students often
unplug the lan cable. Then they plug the cable again after some
time, and unplug aga
On 05.10.2011 23:15, Raf Czlonka wrote:
On Wed, Oct 05, 2011 at 08:59:08PM BST, Ireneusz Szcześniak wrote:
The computers are in a university laboratory, where students often
unplug the lan cable. Then they plug the cable again after some
time, and unplug again.
The problem with this plugging a
On 2011-10-05, Raf Czlonka wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 05, 2011 at 08:59:08PM BST, Ireneusz Szcześniak wrote:
>> The computers are in a university laboratory, where students often
>> unplug the lan cable. Then they plug the cable again after some
>> time, and unplug again.
>>
>> The problem with this p
On Wed, Oct 05, 2011 at 08:59:08PM BST, Ireneusz Szcześniak wrote:
> The computers are in a university laboratory, where students often
> unplug the lan cable. Then they plug the cable again after some
> time, and unplug again.
>
> The problem with this plugging and unplugging is that when the
>
Thank you, Chris, for the idea. The IP addresses would be randomly
distributed, while I would like to keep them in a contiguous range.
On 03.10.2011 18:52, Chris Davies wrote:
Javier Barroso wrote:
If you know which macs you will have, you can make an init script
which generate /etc/network/
On 03.10.2011 12:38, Darac Marjal wrote:
I'm not sure about hostname but there IS a way to assign a static IP
address to an interface based on it's MAC address. It's called StateLess
Address Autoconfiguration (SLAAC). Basically, you take the 48-bit mac
address, modify it a little (mainly adding
On 03.10.2011 09:43, Scott Ferguson wrote:
If you have a large number of identical hardware machines to image - a
multicast solution that allows defining build rules (ie static network
addresses, hostname, /etc/host, passwords, usernames, network shares and
logons etc)
might save time and make m
On 03.10.2011 01:36, Liam O'Toole wrote:
Could you elaborate on why you can't use a DHCP server? I ask this
because you can set up dnsmasq to assign a fixed IP address to a client
based on its hostname or MAC address, and to give clients an infinite
lease. Therefore it offers a convenient way to
On 02.10.2011 22:37, Raf Czlonka wrote:
I was about to suggest preseeding as well - works great if you combine
it with pxelinux, even if you need to set up a DHCP server on a small
subnet only for that purpose. But if it doesn't, your option is a
script - try some scripts/rules from ifupdown* pa
On 02.10.2011 21:19, Camaleón wrote:
True, I wasn't clear enough. Ideally, I would like to have a config
file that would list MAC addresses and IP addresses that these NICs
should have.
Hum... if I understood you correctly, you want to "dump" a previously
generated ISO image into a set of com
Javier Barroso wrote:
> If you know which macs you will have, you can make an init script
> which generate /etc/network/interface and /etc/hostname and /etc/hosts
> the first boot and then remove itself.
You don't even need to know in advance the MACs as long as enough of
the address is unique.
On Sun, Oct 02, 2011 at 06:31:59PM +0200, Ireneusz Szcześniak wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm planning to install an image of Debian to a number of computers.
> Each of these computers will have the same configuration except the
> hostname and the IP address. The IP configuration has to be static.
> I can't
On 03/10/11 03:31, Ireneusz Szcześniak wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm planning to install an image of Debian to a number of computers.
> Each of these computers will have the same configuration except the
> hostname and the IP address. The IP configuration has to be static.
> I can't use a DHCP server.
>
On Sunday 02 October 2011 19:08:26 Ireneusz Szcześniak wrote:
> As I mentioned before, I
> can't use a DHCP server.
Ah, sorry. I missed that. Ignore the noise from me!
Lisi
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listm
On Sunday 02 October 2011 17:31:59 Ireneusz Szcześniak wrote:
> QUESTION; Is there a way to assign a hostname and a static IP address
> at boot time depending on the MAC address of the computer's network
> interface card?
I can do this via my router if I wish, and set the computer up with dhcp. I
On 2011-10-02, Ireneusz Szcześniak wrote:
> Dnsmasq is a DHCP and DNS server combined. As I mentioned before, I
> can't use a DHCP server.
>
> On 02.10.2011 20:02, H.S. wrote:
>> On 02/10/11 12:31 PM, Ireneusz Szcześniak wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm planning to install an image of Debian to a numb
On 02/10/11 02:08 PM, Ireneusz Szcześniak wrote:
> Dnsmasq is a DHCP and DNS server combined. As I mentioned before, I
> can't use a DHCP server.
>
> On 02.10.2011 20:02, H.S. wrote:
>> On 02/10/11 12:31 PM, Ireneusz Szcześniak wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm planning to install an image of Debian to
On Sun, Oct 02, 2011 at 05:31:59PM BST, Ireneusz Szcześniak wrote:
> I'm planning to install an image of Debian to a number of computers.
> Each of these computers will have the same configuration except the
> hostname and the IP address. The IP configuration has to be static.
> I can't use a DHCP
On Sun, 02 Oct 2011 20:06:45 +0200, Ireneusz Szcześniak wrote:
> On 02.10.2011 19:31, Camaleón wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 02 Oct 2011 18:31:59 +0200, Ireneusz Szcześniak wrote:
>>
>>> I'm planning to install an image of Debian to a number of computers.
>>> Each of these computers will have the same conf
Javier, thank you for your input. It seems that your solution should
work. The file /etc/network/interfaces should only be modified early
enough. I will give it a try!
Thank you again!
On 02.10.2011 20:52, Javier Barroso wrote:
Hello,
2011/10/2 Ireneusz Szcześniak:
Hi,
I'm planning to i
Hello,
2011/10/2 Ireneusz Szcześniak :
> Hi,
>
> I'm planning to install an image of Debian to a number of computers. Each of
> these computers will have the same configuration except the hostname and the
> IP address. The IP configuration has to be static. I can't use a DHCP
> server.
>
> QUESTI
On 02/10/11 12:31 PM, Ireneusz Szcześniak wrote:
> The IP configuration has to be static. I can't use a DHCP server.
H.S. wrote at 2011-10-02 13:02 -0500:
> I use dnsmasq for exactly this purpose (my home lan is quite small
> though). Works quite well.
dnsmasq is a DHCP server, which the original
Dnsmasq is a DHCP and DNS server combined. As I mentioned before, I
can't use a DHCP server.
On 02.10.2011 20:02, H.S. wrote:
On 02/10/11 12:31 PM, Ireneusz Szcześniak wrote:
Hi,
I'm planning to install an image of Debian to a number of computers.
Each of these computers will have the same c
Camaleón, thank you for your input. However, I don't want to install
the system from scratch, but to clone a previously prepared image.
True, I wasn't clear enough. Ideally, I would like to have a config
file that would list MAC addresses and IP addresses that these NICs
should have.
On 02.
On 02/10/11 12:31 PM, Ireneusz Szcześniak wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm planning to install an image of Debian to a number of computers.
> Each of these computers will have the same configuration except the
> hostname and the IP address. The IP configuration has to be static. I
> can't use a DHCP server.
On Sun, 02 Oct 2011 18:31:59 +0200, Ireneusz Szcześniak wrote:
> I'm planning to install an image of Debian to a number of computers.
> Each of these computers will have the same configuration except the
> hostname and the IP address. The IP configuration has to be static. I
> can't use a DHCP se
Hi,
I'm planning to install an image of Debian to a number of computers.
Each of these computers will have the same configuration except the
hostname and the IP address. The IP configuration has to be static.
I can't use a DHCP server.
QUESTION; Is there a way to assign a hostname and a sta
33 matches
Mail list logo
