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

[Jerry Vonau]

On Thu, 2013-09-05 at 06:49 -0700, Braddock wrote:
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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
> 

Add that to the template file /etc/dhcpd-xs.conf.in 

xs-domain-config this replaces the domain name marker in the template
while copying the file to /etc/dhcpd-xs.conf
 
reload/restart dhcpd

Jerry

> 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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