[THIN] Re: Recomendations for really Thin Clients? (i.e. - bootp)
- From: "Thomas, Jeremy" <Jeremy.Thomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 17:57:58 +0200
There speaks the voice of experience...
I've only dealt with 1200LEs, and they can't (yet) be managed using Rappo=
rt - I just thought that given the firmware issues we've had recently (in=
cluding one that I think was specifically developed for us, and another t=
hat was to fix a bug in the first one), life might have been easier if we=
'd have had something slightly "fatter" with the management to go with it.
Having said that, the FTP firmware distribution mechanism is fairly strai=
ghtforward to set up (despite the documentation), and it works nicely in =
combination with DHCP. All the 1200LEs are competely managed centrally. Y=
ou just plug one into the network, and it gets an IP address, the latest =
firmware and the correct connections for that site. So in that respect, i=
t is pretty much plug-and-go.
Regards,
Jeremy Thomas
-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Oglesby [mailto:roglesby@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: woensdag 19 mei 2004 17:30
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Recomendations for really Thin Clients? (i.e. -
bootp)
I have to disagree. I have a number of clients with 1200 LEs that had to
move to them OFF of Windows CE devices. Rapport blows. And as far as the =
Les
get them up and running and my experience is that the mgmt is almost nil.=
We
push out config changes off a TFTP server and done.
Ron Oglesby
Senior Technical Architect
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-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Beh=
alf
Of Thomas, Jeremy
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 2:10 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Recomendations for really Thin Clients? (i.e. - bootp=
)
Steve,
Even with Wyse 1200LE terminals (about as thin as they come AFAIK), you n=
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eed an infrastructure in place to distribute configurations and firmware.
1200LEs are java based, and we have found their firmware needs regular up=
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dating. I suspect we would have found CE devices to be more manageable, n=
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otably because Wyse have a management program called Rapport that would h=
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ave helped manage slightly "fatter" Wyse clients.
Sounds like you might have some testing to do...
Regards,
Jeremy Thomas
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Snyder [mailto:steven_snyder@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: woensdag 19 mei 2004 0:58
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Recomendations for really Thin Clients? (i.e. - bootp)
Anyone using thin clients with bootp that you really
like?
We're on a .mil network and have to maintain regular
mandated updates, so we're debating whether to use TCs
with no local OS to be maintained, and everything that
I'm familiar with (i.e., used to sale) are either
embedded CE, XP, linux, etc. I recall a client using
Tek terminals years ago (bought out by NCD), but I
don't know if anything similar stille exists.
thanks
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