Jordan Share <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Does anyone know a way to determine which adapter has link?
If these machines are running Windows XP, you can use the "NetConnectionStatus" property of the Win32_NetworkAdapter WMI class:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/wmisdk/wmi/win32_networkadapter.asp
We ship a generic WMI enumeration script (instances.pl). Try running "instances.pl Win32_NetworkAdapter" with the cable connected and disconnected to see the difference. But since the NetConnectionStatus property was first introduced in Windows XP, this will not show any difference on Windows 2000.
For Win2k, the best idea I have is to run "ipconfig" and parse the output...
I need to do both, so it looks like I'll just have to parse ipconfig.
I'm trying to get a 100% unattended install together. I did finally try the CTTY COM1 trick (for DOS serial console), and it works. I am going to add in a timeout that asks whether you want to install over serial (and defaults to no) to all the bootdisks today. Then I can at least start the reinstall remotely.
Glad to hear that worked. If you have time to try it with the Linux boot disk, I would be interested to hear the results of that, too.
What is it that you want me to try with the Linux boot disk? I have tried it out on system I had handy, but there is nothing on the serial port (after the PXE boot completes, anyway).
Jordan
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