Thanks for all the pointers.... I'll play around with them and see how clean I can make it. Seems like this would be a great security feature for one of the extremely smart, bright (and I'm sure good looking) guru's on the list.... just a thought...
Cheers On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 21:21:10 -0500, Brian Desmond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tony Murray [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tue 8/17/2004 10:35 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: > 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 > ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- > Wrom: KVFVWRKJVZCMHVIBGDADRZFS > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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 > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > > ________________________________________________________________ > Sent via the WebMail system at mail.activedir.org > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > > > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
