Wireless Nics In Laptops with AClient

dclapp · 05-11-2005, 10:24 AM

I am starting to see an issue when AClient is installed on a laptop with a Wireless Network card and wired LAN network card.

Aclient grabs the MAC address of the wireless card (this is not good because there is no PXE on this card).

I have tried turning off the wireless card and disabling it.
Changing the binding order of the network interface cards -putting the wired network card first.

There must be a method for insuring that AClient will either always take the mac of the wired network card or ignore the wireless card completely. Any suggestions to fix this?

JAustgen · 05-11-2005, 10:59 AM

Is the problem you're getting duplicate records in the database or when you attempt to drop a job it defaults to the wireless card?

Jezz · 05-12-2005, 04:54 AM

There is a file that you can add into the same folder as aclient.exe that lets you filter NICS MACS and usernames.

The customdata.ini below has Bluetooth nic added.

Just add the NIC for the wireless and Aclient will ignore it when getting inventory.

Rename .txt to .ini and place in folder with dynamic.ini. They will merge when aclient starts

dclapp · 05-16-2005, 11:39 AM

Great, I will give this a try. To answer the other users comment.

I am not getting duplicate computers or macs. When AClient is installed it selects the NON-PXE wireless MAC to register itself in DS with and as we know this is not ideal. Instead, the wireless NIC should be skipped and the LAN that supports PXE should be registered in DS. Or better yet, DS is smart enough to accept both nics and understand that either MAC address is valid when an imaging job is sent.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jezz

There is a file that you can add into the same folder as aclient.exe that lets you filter NICS MACS and usernames.

The customdata.ini below has Bluetooth nic added.

Just add the NIC for the wireless and Aclient will ignore it when getting inventory.

Rename .txt to .ini and place in folder with dynamic.ini. They will merge when aclient starts

dclapp · 05-16-2005, 12:12 PM

I just tried the customdata.ini file and then I look inside the dynamic.ini file and I don't see the adapter I listed "Wireless Network Connection". Should I? I would imagine so if they merge like you indicate.

customdata.ini
FilteredApaterNameList=Dial-Up Adapter,VPN,Microsoft Virtual Private Networking Adapter,Internet Connection Sharing,PPP Adapter,Bluetooth LAN Access Server Driver,Atheros Wireless Network Adapter

dynamic.ini
FilteredApaterNameList=Dial-Up Adapter,VPN,Microsoft Virtual Private Networking Adapter,Internet Connection Sharing,PPP Adapter

What if the wireless connection is the only connection I have? Will AClient just not connect then?

-Dave

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jezz

There is a file that you can add into the same folder as aclient.exe that lets you filter NICS MACS and usernames.

The customdata.ini below has Bluetooth nic added.

Just add the NIC for the wireless and Aclient will ignore it when getting inventory.

Rename .txt to .ini and place in folder with dynamic.ini. They will merge when aclient starts

Jezz · 05-16-2005, 02:15 PM

Aclient will merge them on start but it doesn't change dymanic.ini so Altiris can update it and not ruin any of your customisations (as if they would ever do that!!).

If you right click on the Aclient icon in the taskbar and go to 'Show network interface..' it will list interfaces it is looking at. If you then put the description in the filter and restart aclient it should disappear from there and the console on next inventory refresh

dv8tor · 02-20-2009, 04:09 PM

I seem to have the opposite issue.

I have laptops here that use the Cisco VPN client to connect remotely. I need to see the VPN adapter IP address in the DS console, but cant seem to find a way to display this. Instead, all I see are the client WAN IP's.

Has anyone had any issues in regards to this or advice on how I could allow this through?

Chris

dv8tor · 03-01-2009, 01:15 PM

Any replies on this? It's really got me stumped. I'd appreciate any help