[rescue] Sun Ray 1 - Cards? Thoughts?

[Drew Schatt]

If needed, I have a copy of the software I could ship out.

Cards do *NOT* come with the units.  Cards are available in quantities of
10 or 25 from Sun Store, and are quite reasonably priced (less than $10
each).  Sun Store also has a link to another company who can sell you
custom screened cards, if you wanted to have a company logo or somesuch on
them.
The units themselves work just fine without a card, you just have to log
in into a standard x login screen. The cards apparently (I've never used
one) are a way to bypass the login, and have it automagically log you in
or out based on the card's presence.
There is an authorization application that you run to associate the card
with a user.  If you already have a compatible card, it's a piece of cake.

I really like my 150 (flat panel) version. I only wish that I knew of an
easy way to make it speak 802.11b so I could have it further from my
office, does anyone think that one of those 802.11b printer adapter things
would work?
	-Drew Schatt



 On Tue, 6 Aug 2002, Loomis, Rip wrote:

> For various reasons I'm looking at picking up a couple
> of SunRay 1 terminals--Weirdstuff.com has them NIB
> for relatively cheap ($150) and they also show up on
> eBay.  I *guess* this is a rescue...sort of...
>
> Anyone actually using these want to comment?
> I think that I can come up with the server-side software
> one way or another--we may buy Qty 1. from Sun
> for our lab anyway and then add more at lower cost,
> just so that we can get some basic support from
> Sun for specific initial questions.
>
> Particular things of interest:
> 1.  If the "what personality do I have/who's logged
>      in" features are triggered by a smart card, where
>      does one obtain the cards in small quantities?
>      (I'm assuming that NIB units might come with
>      one card...or that they'll somehow work without
>      a card.  In either case I'd need more cards soon.)
> 2.  If I have a known-to-be-compatible smart card
>      already in my possession, any easy way to get
>      the station to start using that for its authentication/
>      authorization/personality?
> 3.  Any other major likes/dislikes about 'em?
>
> Thanks in advance--
>
>   --Rip
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