Physical Client

Physical client mode is preferred way of launching GIS.lab client, because it provides best performance. It will run GIS.lab client session on client machine instead of original operating system installed (if any) on hard drive. Original operating system will stay untouched and will be ready to run again after GIS.lab client is shut down.

To run physical client, follow steps below:

• connect machine running GIS.lab server and client machines via gigabit switch and cable (CAT 5e or higher)
• enable LAN PXE boot in client machine's BIOS. Often you can find this option under Network Boot or Boot Services. On newer computers you have to disable Secure boot and/or enable Legacy Mode.
• press power button on boot client machine and boot from LAN. On most computers you can launch LAN boot by pressing F12 key at start.

If client machine is refusing to boot from LAN, check if it was allowed in GISLAB_CLIENTS_ALLOWED before GIS.lab installation. If not, allow it with following command:

$ gislab-machines -a "<MAC address>"

Tip:
Good way to collect MAC addresses of client machines, is to simply let them try to boot and than run following command to get list of denied MAC addresses on server.

$ sudo grep -e 'DHCPDISCOVER.*no free leases' /var/log/syslog

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