[Server-devel] Server configuration

[Reuben K. Caron]

Neo,

Hi. I'm wondering why you need the Static IP. Does the XS have one or
two network cards? Will the XS act as a gateway to the Internet?

Thanks,

Reuben


Grape Projects IT wrote:
> Hi Martin,
>
> I have never setup a static address before and therefore have never had
> this issue before. Below is the step-by-step configuration that I followed
> and I am having a problem with the DNS as the XO's do not connect to the
> Internet
>
> I downloaded the XS 0.5.2 image and followed the instructions
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Installing_Software.
>
> 1.I initially ran the script /etc/sysconfig/olpc-scripts/domainconfig
> katane.org with katane.org being the hostname
>
>
> 2.I also changed the HOSTNAME=localhost.localdomain to
> HOSTNAME=schoolserver.katane.org
>
>
> Our internet has a static IP address therefore I copied
> /usr/share/doc/xs-config-*/ifcfg-eth0-local.example to
> /etc/sysconfig/olpc-scripts/ifcfg-eth0-local and edited the file
> with the following:
>
> IPADDR=10.50.211.15
> IPV6ADDR=no
> NETMASK=255.255.255.0
> NETWORK=10.50.211.0
> BROADCAST=10.50.211.255
> GATEWAY=10.50.211.5
>
> I also edited the /etc/resolv.conf to resolve the DNS nameserver as follows:
>
> search katane.org
> nameservers 10.50.211.5
>
> 3. Restarted the machine
>
> 4. I then started the ejabberd service at runlevels 345
> 5. Restarted the machine " shutdown -r now"
>
> 6. After reboot I pinged www.google.com and I got reply packets which
> meant that I had connection to the internet
>
> 7. now the problem is that when I check the ejabberd status "ejabberdctl
> status" I get an error RPC failed on the node ejabberd at schoolserver:
> nodedown
>
> so I went back to my /etc/resolv.conf file and edited the nameserver back
> to 172.18.0.1 and restarted ejabberd and this executed with no errors. But
> now the server does not resolve the DNS addresses cause when I ping
> www.google.com I get the error unknown host www.google.com
>
> 8.Another thing is that the XO does not connect to the internet under all
> scenarios but it connects to the schoolserver as I get to the "who are
> you?" page
>
> Now what do I need to do to make this work as I am using Active Antenna to
> connect the XO's to the Server
>
> Regards
>
> Neo Masilo
>
>
>
>
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