[Server-devel] Problems with the School Server and IIAB

[Braddock]

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School Server Experts,

We are trying to deploy an Internet-in-a-Box (IIAB) network appliance
to an OLPC and XS school in Pakistan. (http://internet-in-a-box.org)

I need help getting them instructions so they can access the device
using their School Server XS 0.7

The IIAB appliance gets an DHCP lease on startup from their XS 0.7 server.

The IIAB appliance registers its name with the DHCP server as "know".

In THEORY, on the XS, dhcpd should register the name know with the
named DNS server (ddns-update-style is set in /etc/dhcpd-xs.conf on my
own XS installation).  Then students can access the IIAB appliance at
http://know

- From their reports, this appears to work initially, but after some
time (DHCP lease expires?) it stops working.

I'm looking for a simple solution to communicate to them to assign the
IIAB appliance a fixed IP address.  It is currently not (safely)
possible to configure the IIAB appliance for a static IP.  Then they
can just refer to it by IP.

I assume it should look something like:
host know {
     hardware ethernet 00:03:6D:00:83:CF;
     fixed-address 172.18.97.10;
}
added to /etc/dhcpd.conf

But with my very limited School Server experience I don't want to lead
them astray.

Any help appreciated.

- -braddock



On 08/31/2013 04:03 AM, Kishwer.Aziz wrote:
> Tony,
> 
> Since my return from Pakistan in early August, the local support
> team has been struggling with getting the school server and IIAB to
> work on the network they have created using 8 routers (one for
> every class of 20 students)
> 
> 
> 
> I have asked them to explain to me what the problem is and not
> being technical I cannot understand what they are telling me. Given
> below is their technical explanation for what is happening.
> Verbally I have been told that sometimes some children can connect
> while others cannot. When they turn the whole system on and off,
> look for the IP allocated to the IIAB by the Server, give it to the
> children they can connect to it but next day this changes.
> 
> 
> 
> Can you find us a solution for us? Tell us what we are doing
> wrong?
> 
> 
> 
> Regards
> 
> 
> 
> Kishwer
> 
> 
> 
> *From:*Younus Zafar [mailto:younuszafar at gmail.com] *Sent:* Friday,
> August 30, 2013 11:45 AM *To:* Kishwer.Aziz *Subject:*
> 
> 
> 
> salam madam
> 
> (1)School server is assigning IP of two pools for clients( i-e 
> 172.18.96.X & 172.18.97.X
> 
> (2) it creates problem for Xo's to connect with IIAB server & they 
> cannot  use DNS resolver for domain name “know”
> 
> -- */
> 
> /*
> 
> *Muhammad Younus Zafar* *_S_*_enior *S*ystem *S*upport *E*ngineer_ 
> BR News Room &  Aaj News
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