sysprep.inf and networking

[Guest]

I am trying to add my dns, default gateway and static ip address to the
sysprep.inf file. Is there a way to get this to work if I do not have the
PNP Id for the network card? I would like this to work on all machines
reguardless of what type of card is installed. This does not appear to be
working correctly. Is there a way to check to see where and how sysprep does
not like my answers?

Here is what I have added to the file

[NetProtocols]
MS_TCPIP=params.MS_TCPIP

[params.MS_TCPIP]
DNSDomain=bbt.com
DHCP=No
DefaultGateway = 192.168.1.1
IPAddress=192.168.1.200
subnetMask=255.255.255.0


any help would be greatly appreciated

Thanks Mark

 

[Joseph]

The full documentation for configuring your inf can be found in the
deploy.chm file within the download on this page:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/sp1/deploytools.mspx
I do unattended installs rather than sysprep, but at a first glance it looks
like your syntax is off. I don't believe you have the option of leaving off
the adapter assignment when specifying actual IP settings. All the syntax
and dependencies are laid out nicely under the reference section of the chm
file.

This should still be accurate with a slip SP2 install, you may just be
missing some options related to the new firewall, ie and other security
features.

I did have one question though. Why don't you use DHCP. Even if your
environment had to have reserved addresses it would probably be easier to
maintain a list of MAC address and reserve them in DHCP instead of assigning
static out everywhere. If it's a security issue, just don't allow for
non-reserved leases to be handed out.

Joseph