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
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