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Nahh, I just didn't see your response . Did you upgrade the firmware on the WAP?

http://www.winnetmag.com/Windows/Article/ArticleID/41111/41111.html Scroll down to a response from yhamade referencing a tool named DevCon. This might do what you are looking for (for others interested, the command works fine with Windows Server 2003, and the version of netsh in XP may not support disabling in this fashion yet).

If AS/SUS can't hack it, and SMS is too big, check out Altiris: http://www.altiris.com/products/clientmgmt/

H should be hosting DNS, and you should have your particular zone (mydomain.com or whatever you have) configured for AD Integration (you could use primary and secondary zones, but if this is a closed environment in a small network you shouldn't bother - also, use Secure Dynamic Updates for your clients if you can). It should have its own network adapter pointing to itself for name resolution, and be configured to use a forwarder to your ISP's DNS box(es) for outside name resolution. You should have static records for your server, and an MX record along with other aliases (records that point to your static server records) for other services, such as mail.mydomain.com, www.mydomain.com, ftp.mydomain.com, etc. After this, all clients and member servers should have their respective IP paremeters point to H for name resolution. In a multi-DC environment, you should have H point to itself, with P pointing to H (remember, using AD integrated DNS is recommended and makes this a lot easier to manage) for DNS resolution during P's dcpromo process. Once that is completed and P has rebooted, install the DNS service on P. When you open the DNS console on P, you will see the DNS zone for your domain already loaded (or still loading, depending on its size) and ready to go. At this point, configure P to point to itself for DNS resolution, with both H and P pointing to each other as alternate DNS entries (this is assuming that you are using Windows Server 2003, as it does not "island" in this configuration). Having said that, you normally would not want to install other services and applications on a domain controller.

Are you broadcasting the ESSID, or is that off?

And if you drill down further in the help in "set", you will notice some more commands. Eventually, you would come up with something like: Quote: netsh interface set interface name="Local Area Connection" admin=ENABLED

There are two components to a wireless connection: 1. The radio connection, where both of the adapters (Ad-Hoc or Infrastructure) can connect. This is when WEP/WPA is negotiated. 2. The network connection, where you have an IP and can be successfully routed beyond the next radio hop (be it a WAP with router as in your case, or Ad-Hoc with Internet Connection Sharing for others). So, where are you having your issues? Do you see the signal for the network card successfully binding to the WAP? If so, are you using DHCP from a server on the network and not getting an IP? The latter is a very typical issue, where certain adapters do not work well (or at all) with certain WAPs using encryption. If this occurs, the DHCP broadcast from a server on the network never gets forwarded to the client (or may never make it to the server in the first place) and the client is left stranded. You can tell if you are having this issue by simply using WEP/WPA, and then checking to see if the laptop is getting an IP. If it isn't, try manually assigning an IP to the device and see if it will connect. Remember, even if this works you might still have issues with connection stability later on. Try up[censored] firmware on the WNICs and router to see if this addresses it. This was corrected for me a couple of times when I updated the firmware on a Linksys and Intermec WAP.

Check out Quote: netsh /? and Quote: netsh interface /?

Wow, it's amazing how many new members this topic attracted, isn't it?

Do you have a firewall running, such as the one with SP2 installed?

Brasso is in the US as well, and works on iPods too.

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I prefer working in .Net myself, as I find it easier. I prefer OOP such as Java (hence why I like C#), but I don't care for the Java VM all that much. I haven't done much in console stuff (only tested some GUI stuff, and one command line-based XML translator) but rather, I work in web apps.

It may have been a long post, but it was worthwhile. Nicely done.

All zeros typically indicates an incomplete or bad flash of the BIOS. When I bought an SiS motherboard, the NIC was all zeros for the MAC and he helped me reflash it with the proper MAC address (a sticker on the bottom of the motherboard). Once it was reflashed, it would work fine with the default Windows drivers. The updated drivers from the Windows Update site weren't so great for me, as they would act strangely with the DHCP media sensing ability of Windows (that took a reg hack to fix it up).

I read the other version of this post, and saw that they were pinging each other. First, I would like to state that having multiple copies of a given post is a bad idea since people responding may not see each other's input. What could be done is simply post a link to your main topic. So, are you two able to share files with each other? Are you both connecting to the modem via a switch/router? One thing to keep in mind is that some NICs will simply not work reliably (or at all) with some cable/DSL modems. My 3Com NIC in my laptop rarely works in hotel rooms, but it works fine on every hub and switch I have ever used it on.

Do you have the latest drivers for this adapter?

Alright, I almost have a way for the Windows DNS users out here to do a bulk load, but I need a way to limit the domains used to just the domains, and not have any host/sub domains in the file (you don't want to have a zone for each subdomain, as that's wasted space). I have a list of domains, but I would like to trim it. I figure common denominator would be to trim two periods from the end (such as test.fastclick.net and ad1.fastclick.net would be left with fastclick.net when trimmed from the right end). So, any ideas?

In the tradition of "Family Feud": Good Answer! Good Answer! And the survey says... Andy's on to something, as that is strong possibility. It could be that your clients aren't receiving IP information anymore. It might be the server, it could also be the network.

Under the scope (IP range specific) or server (default settings for all scopes) options in DHCP, you *must* have your DNS server IPs in there so it can provide this information to your clients. On the client settings, the DNS entry can be left blank (where it reads "Obtain DNS server address automatically". That is how it is supposed to be setup. Is this combination how it was setup, and is no longer working? Or, have you now arrived at this combination from a previous configuration? When you state "hardcode the DNS to the DHCP server's IP address", it reads as if you are just now entering the DNS server's IP into your DHCP scope, which is how it should have been done all along.

In your DHCP scope (the info that you are providing to the clients) you should have your DNS server IPs, gateway IPs, WINS IPs, etc. anyway. Did you not have an option in your client PCs' IP settings for DNS? If not, did the client PCs have a hardcoded DNS server already on them?

Try MS support: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=290991 Also, if you're using AD you can setup a RIS box and have it push images to clients for fresh installations via PXE.

Unfortunately, this might be all that you can get. DSL and cable have their own respective overhead that chews into you bandwidth, and then you have congestion to deal with beyond that. I have used a few different tests for my new DSL line, and even though it's "up to 1.5Mbps", I get about 800Kbps to 1.1Mbps. Here are some other places to hit to get a good idea of what your speed is: McAfee: http://us.mcafee.com/root/speedometer/default.asp MSN: http://tech.msn.com/downloads/speedtest.armx And some others listed here: http://www.dslwebserver.com/main/fr_index.html?/main/test-tools.html

Here's a Win2K one, and you might want to try using the Setup Manager utility from the XP/2003 CD: ;SetupMgrTag [Data] AutoPartition=1 MsDosInitiated="0" UnattendedInstall="Yes" TargetPath=WINNT [unattended] DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore UnattendMode=FullUnattended OemSkipEula=Yes OemPreinstall=Yes Repartition="Yes" ExtendOEMPartition=1 FileSystem=ConvertNTFS [GuiUnattended] AdminPassword=password AutoLogon=Yes AutoLogonCount=1 OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone=15 OemSkipWelcome=1 [userData] FullName="Default User" OrgName="Default Company" ComputerName=TEST ProductID="YOURK-EYENT-EREDR-IGHTH-ERE12" [LicenseFilePrintData] AutoMode=PerSeat [identification] JoinWorkgroup=YOURWORKGRP [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=Yes [Components] TSEnable=On TSKeyboardDrivers=On TSPrinterDrivers=On TSClients=On LicenseServer=0 ApplicationServer=0 [GuiRunOnce] Command0=D:\Batch\yourbatchfile.bat

What is it doing? Getting errors? Do you see the floppy being accessed during boot with the CD inserted? Your best bet is to get it ironed out with the floppy first, so let's see what you have (post it).