DHCP is a much better metric than computers joined to the domain for this. You can't count non-domain-joined devices with any AD tool. Chances are however these devices have a DHCP lease. Thanks, Brian Desmond [EMAIL PROTECTED] c - 312.731.3132
________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thu 1/26/2006 8:05 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: WMI to retrieve DHCP leases DHCP is NOT the authoritative source for "how many computers are out there" If you could, grab Joe's oldcomp tool and just run it against your domain. You should get something close to accurate from there. Sincerely, Dèjì Akómöláfé, MCSE+M MCSA+M MCT Microsoft MVP - Directory Services www.readymaids.com - we know IT www.akomolafe.com Do you now realize that Today is the Tomorrow you were worried about Yesterday? -anon ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Mitch Reid Sent: Thu 1/26/2006 12:55 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] OT: WMI to retrieve DHCP leases No, I need to get a count of how many computers are out there. I'm lacking a good authoritative source and want to use the DHCP servers as a count. My script works that runs NETSH (for each scope on each server) but I like to keep everything in VB/WMI when possible. Thanks for the replies. On 1/26/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: To the OP: Would you be happy with pulling the info on the client side? You could use Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration and retrieve the DHCPLeaseObtained or DHCPLeaseExpire values. <back to my rabiit hole, folks :)> Sincerely, Dèjì Akómöláfé, MCSE+M MCSA+M MCT Microsoft MVP - Directory Services www.readymaids.com - we know IT www.akomolafe.com Do you now realize that Today is the Tomorrow you were worried about Yesterday? -anon ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Alain Lissoir Sent: Wed 1/25/2006 6:45 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: WMI to retrieve DHCP leases There is no WMI exposure of the DHCP settings and data. Sorry. ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mitch Reid Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 1:08 PM To: ActiveDir.Org Subject: [ActiveDir] OT: WMI to retrieve DHCP leases I'm trying to write a VB script to pull current DHCP leases from a 2003 DHCP server. I can do it with NETSH but I'd like to do it only with WMI in VBS. The closest I could find was dhcpobj.dll from the 2000 Resource Kit. However it doesn't appear to be able to pull leases. Is this possible? Thanks, Mitch. List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
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