edubuntu ltsp not pretty

[Sameer Verma]

Jay Perez wrote:
> Dr. Sameer,
>
> I had my Edubuntu server and clients all set up and working beautifully except I also had the problem that the PCs could not get out to the Internet when they were booted up in Windows.
>
> You say this can be resolved by setting up port-forwarding on the Edubuntu server ???  If I can get this to work that would be great !
>
> Can you please tell me where to find info on how to do this ?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jay Perez
> Rochester, NY
>   

Jay,

Any NAT/IP forwarding type scheme should work. In one of the installs we 
simply added Webmin to the server (http://www.webmin.com/) and used the 
Linux Firewall module to enable NAT on the external interface. This way, 
all traffic that comes from the internal interface will get NAT'ed. This 
includes the dhcp-based traffic from Windows XP clients. Webmin also 
allows for easier management of the server over the Web. Webmin sets up 
access via SSL (custom port 10000) by default. We also enabled ssh in 
the incoming section for ssh access to the server.

Try this for reference. 
http://doxfer.com/Webmin/LinuxFirewall#The_Linux_Firewall_module and 
slide #30 on http://www.slideshare.net/sverma/medusa-project  Look for a 
link for "Download file" and grab the ODP file. The ODP file has a 
clearer screenshot of our Webmin Firewall module settings.

Hope this helps,
Sameer

-- 
Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Information Systems
San Francisco State University
San Francisco CA 94132 USA
http://verma.sfsu.edu/
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