[ale] [semi-OT] Wyse ThinOS anyone?

Sergio Chaves sergio.chaves at gmail.com
Mon Feb 2 07:05:47 EST 2015


Thanks!
I now need to check if we are under a Maintenance Plan.
The terminals I have have ThinOS 5.2, not 5.3 - go figure .

On Sun, Feb 1, 2015 at 8:34 AM, gcs8 <gcsviii at gmail.com> wrote:

> If they were the Xenith series I know more then I want to know about them.
> However if you still have some under support with dell/wyse they have some
> pretty good resources local in ATL. You can also check out
> www.freewysemonkeys.com, I also found the below on the internal wyse
> support page.
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> Solution 13642: Wyse ThinOS - Do Wyse ThinOS Thin Clients Offer Wireless
> Network Support?
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> Is wireless supported on Wyse Thin OS v.5.3 and above?
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> Yes.
> Starting with Wyse ThinOS 5.3 wireless support was introduced for the S10
> and V10L models only. As a current customer, to be eligible for Wyse ThinOS
> firmware upgrades, you must be on the Wyse ThinOS Software Maintenance
> Program.
> Newer thin clients (D10D, D10DP, Z10D, etc.) supporting WTOS 8.X include
> dual band (2.4 and 5.0 GHz) Support and dual antennae for improved
> performance. There is currently no support for external USB Wireless
> Adapters.
> For more information please contact Dell Wyse Inside Sales at
> 1-800-800-9973  option 1, or go to our website at www.dell.com/wyse
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> On Sun, Feb 1, 2015 at 8:02 AM, Sergio Chaves <sergio.chaves at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>> Hey Jeff, I myself have used linux on them for quite a bit of different
>> things.
>> However, I had not choice in this matter. As a matter of fact, out of 130
>> locations, we one of 03 setup with it. All others either have the Window or
>> the Linux version.
>> This is an experiment I would like to succeed on because our budget has
>> already been approved and this was not part of it. If I can make this work,
>> the savings will be in the order of thousands of dollars.
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 31, 2015 at 3:01 PM, Jeff Hubbs <jhubbslist at att.net> wrote:
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>>> I've made nice little infrastructure (e.g., DHCP) servers out of these
>>> using Gentoo Linux and a CompactFlash/PCcard adapter. Why use some special
>>> bespoke OS that might not support stuff?
>>>
>>> On 1/30/15 12:10 PM, Sergio Chaves wrote:
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>>>> Wyse V10L
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