The filter only actually runs against XP/2k3 clients, so, all your 2000 clients in the GP's scope get the policy whether you want to or not. I've gotten them to work a couple times before, but, frankly they've been a bit unreliable for me. Thanks, Brian
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From: Tony Murray [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tue 8/17/2004 10:35 AM
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Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] How does AD know if it is connected to a domain or
not?
You might be able to achieve what you want with Group Policy and WMI
filtering. That would be a more elegant solution.
I haven't tried any WMI filtering, but I know there are people on this list
who have. Guys?
Tony
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Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 08:06:41 -0700
This is an out there question but I'm looking for the best way to do something.
I've been asked to come up with a method of turning off wireless cards
when a laptop is in the office and connected to the domain.
Turning on/off the NIC's is a straight forward process via a scipt so
that is not the question.
What I'm trying to do is find the best logic on WHEN to turn it
on/off. I thought about grabbing the IP address and using that (if it
matches the corporate IP structure then turn off/otherwise leave
alone), I've thought about pinging a IP (if you can reach this
internal IP then turn off/otherwise leave on. The real problem with
these is having to do the check every x minutes to account for people
who never turn their laptops off when they bring them into/out of the
office.
But, is there something in AD that is set when it is connected to a
domain that is not used when it is in cached mode? Is AD "smart"
enough to know it's current connection status with a DC? Is it
something that I can key against?
What about sites? Is there a key I can use when it is assocated with a site?
Just looking for a more elegant solution here rather than using brute force.
Cheers
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