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Thin Clients Booting over a Wireless Bridge

Issue 170

From Issue #170
June 2008

May 01, 2008  By Ronan Skehill, Alan Dunne and John Nelson
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How quickly can thin clients boot over a wireless bridge, and how far apart can they really be?
Acknowledgement

This work was supported by the National Communications Network Research Centre, a Science Foundation Ireland Project, under Grant 03/IN3/1396.

Resources

Linux Terminal Server Project (LTSP): ltsp.sourceforge.net

Ubuntu ThinClient How-To: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ThinClientHowto

Azimuth WLAN Chamber: www.azimuth.net

ROM-o-matic: rom-o-matic.net

Etherboot: www.etherboot.org

Wireshark: www.wireshark.org

Webmin: www.webmin.com

Edubuntu: www.edubuntu.org

Ronan Skehill works for the Wireless Access Research Centre at the University of Limerick, Ireland, as a Senior Researcher. The Centre focuses on everything wireless-related and has been growing steadily since its inception in 1999.

Alan Dunne conducted his final-year project with the Centre under the supervision of John Nelson. He graduated in 2007 with a degree in Computer Engineering and now works with Ericsson Ireland as a Network Integration Engineer.

John Nelson is a senior lecturer in the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering at the University of Limerick. His interests include mobile and wireless communications, software engineering and ambient assisted living.

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