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- <li><em>date</em>: Wed Feb 25 15:05:03 2004</li>
- <li><em>from</em>: ALE at CogginsNet.com (Robert Coggins)</li>
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James Kinney wrote:
>Many thanks!! The icon at the bottom is the best solution to the current
>hitch. I still can't get the Sonicwall VPN to authenticate a user inside
>the firewall with the AD server yet. The logon script is not run by the
>VPN client as directed. When I run it manually, it gripes about an error.
>When I run it automatically from inside the network, it works just fine
>and maps drives and printers correctly.
>
>Linux is so much easier..... (except OpenLDAP which is a real monster! If
>this is "lightweight" ...)
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>
>>Responding to my own message.... :-)
>>
>>Another nice feature in the WinXP network configuration window
>>is the new "Support" tab under the Status window. It shows
>>the current IP address/mask/gw and whether it's static or DHCP.
>>It also has the same Repair button mentioned below to release
>>and renew the DHCP lease. And, if you click on Details, it
>>basically shows what you see from ipconfig /all (including
>>MAC address, DHCP server address, lease details, etc.), in a
>>much more user-friendly format.
>>
>>Alan
>>
>>--On Wednesday, February 25, 2004 2:08 PM -0500 Alan Dobkin
>><ALE at omnicomp.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>Here's a solution for you to try:
>>>
>>>Since you mentioned WinXP specifically, it has a feature called
>>>"Repair" in the network control panel, which is basically the
>>>same thing as an ipconfig /release && ipconfig /renew. One
>>>difference is that it works for regular (non-admin) users.
>>>
>>>So, the solution is to enable the checkbox that says "Show
>>>icon in notification area when connected" for your network
>>>card, which will put the icon in the systray. Then your
>>>users can simply right-click on it and select "Repair".
>>>
>>>Alan
>>>
>>>--On Wednesday, February 25, 2004 12:14 PM -0500 James Kinney
>>><jkinney at localnetsolutions.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Sorry to ask this here as it is truly a M$ problem.
>>>>
>>>>WinXP seems to aggressively cache DHCP client settings. So much so
>>>>that plugging in a laptop into another network and rebooting will
>>>>not reset the ip address. It will keep the original one unless
>>>>ipconfig /release, ipconfig /renew are run manually.
>>>>
>>>>The problem: User must be a power user or higher to run those
>>>>commands. _THESE_ users should never have power user status
>>>>
>>>>Some setup details: The DHCP server that passes the address that
>>>>won't go away is set to have lease times of days. For the desktop
>>>>machines, this is OK. For the in-and-out laptops, this is a mess.
>>>>Could the extra long lease time be adding to the misery?
>>>>
>>>>The more I use M$ servers the more I like pencil and paper.
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>James P. Kinney III
>>>>CEO & Director of Engineering
>>>>Local Net Solutions,LLC
>>>>770-493-8244
>>>>
>>>><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.localnetsolutions.com";>http://www.localnetsolutions.com</a>
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>>>>GPG ID: 829C6CA7 James P. Kinney III (M.S. Physics)
>>>><jkinney at localnetsolutions.com>
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