Group Policies over WLAN

[Guest]

We have recently acquired a wireless lab of all laptops. We notice that any
group policy applied as a startup script does not come down on the client
computer @ all. If it is the policy is applied as a logon script it does.
Windows XP seems to have added Wireless support as the startup scripts work
fine over the wireless on it. Is there something I don't know here regarding
W2k, group policies, and wireless technology. FYI the laptops are Dell
Latitudes with W2k SP4 and the AP is a Dell True Mobile 1700. Any help would
be great.

Thanks,

 

[Steve Riley [MSFT]]

How do have the computers configured to authenticate to the domain? Normally
there will be no computer authentication unless you're using 802.1X with
either EAP-TLS or PEAP.

Steve Riley
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Guest]

Hi Steve,

We are using 802.11g with WEP. Are you suggesting 802.11g with EAP-TLS or
PEAP may resolve this issue?

-Shaun

 

[Steve Riley [MSFT]]

In Windows 2000 the WLAN drivers often don't start up until pretty late in
the machine boot cycle. Thus there's no computer logon to the domain, and
machine group policies and startup scripts won't run.

If you add the 802.1X client for Windows 2000 (see http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;313664)
and build up the necessary RADIUS and digital certificate (certs only if
you use TLS authentication) infrastructure, you can get full machine logon
over wireless so that group policies and startup scripts behave just like
if the client were on a wired network.

Steve Riley
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Guest]

Thanks alto Steve I will be sure to try this.

In Windows 2000 the WLAN drivers often don't start up until pretty late in
the machine boot cycle. Thus there's no computer logon to the domain, and
machine group policies and startup scripts won't run.

If you add the 802.1X client for Windows 2000 (see http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;313664)
and build up the necessary RADIUS and digital certificate (certs only if
you use TLS authentication) infrastructure, you can get full machine logon
over wireless so that group policies and startup scripts behave just like
if the client were on a wired network.

Steve Riley
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Guest]

Alright I need to revisit this issue Steve. Do I still need to use Dell's
wireless utility to start the connection. I am assuming I do being that the
Windows client does not have all he features to get this going.