[THIN] Re: Rapport and Cisco Switches
- From: Jim Kenzig <web@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 16:49:09 -0400
Altiris Deployment Server is what does it (www.altiris.com)...If you are
running an NT or XP embedded machine or CE client they have clients for it that
you can manage them with not sure about linux though.
--
Regards,
Jim Kenzig
Quoting Chris Lynch <lynch00@xxxxxxx>:
> I'll keep them in mind when it comes to thin client management. NetX and
> Altiris, do they support managing other thin client's out there
> (NCD/Neoware/etc.)?
>
> Chris
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf
> Of Jim Kenzig
> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 1:41 PM
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: Rapport and Cisco Switches
>
> Never had a problem doing this out to 28 different locations because we use
> Altiris with our thin clients. HP and NetX are using Altiris. There are
> some
> vendors who finally "Get it" : )
> --
> Regards,
> Jim Kenzig
>
> Quoting Chris Lynch <lynch00@xxxxxxx>:
>
> > I don't think it's a switch problem. What routers do you have? I ran
> > into this problem with the NeoWare manager, as it used UDP Broadcasts
> > to "detect"
> > devices on a subnet. You have to enable broadcast forwarding. Now, I
> > don't recommend that you do this, as allowing broadcast traffic to
> > traverse your WAN is a VERY bad thing. This can bring your whole WAN
> > to a screeching holt.
> >
> > These thin client device vendors need a BETTER way of managing their
> > thin clients.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> > Behalf Of Michael
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 12:36 PM
> > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [THIN] Rapport and Cisco Switches
> >
> > I recently set up a Rapport server to manage the many Wyse thin
> > clients that we have.
> >
> > I have been trying to get Rapport to scan each of our remote branches
> > to discover the thin clients across our frame relay lines. However, I
> > am running into trouble getting Rapport to find devices at branches
> > that use the Cisco 2900 series switches.
> >
> > I'll admit that I'm not much of a switch guy, but is there something I
> > need to configure on the switch that will allow the search to find the
> > thin clients at the branches?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Michael Saul
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