Security Policy for Network Adapters?

[Guest]

Guys this question was asked previously by Kevin below, but never resolved.
I too am needing to figure out the same problem.
I have to have all users statically set for Speed and Duplex when on my
network.
When the laptop users leave the office and try an connect @ home or in a
hotel or something, because they are regular users and not admins, they do
not have the option to change their speed and Duplex.

i am looking for a local or Group Policy that can be enabled to allow access
to these controls. The reponse below ""On XP Pro, there is a group called
"Network Configuration Operators." I'm > not sure if this group can do it,
but try it out."" does not solve this issue. I added the users individually
and also added all domain users to this local group. User could still not
access these settings.

Without making these people admins how can I allow the ability to change
speed and duplex on their nics..

Thx

 

[Guest]

Sorry here is the old post;

On XP Pro, there is a group called "Network Configuration Operators." I'm
not sure if this group can do it, but try it out.

Description of this group:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;297938

Yeah, tried that on elaready. Unfortuantely the group does not cover what I
need.

 

[Allen M]

Best solution for multiple hardware configurations for laptops users is
multple hardware profiles. You can create an "Office" one with the NIC set
to 100 and then create an "Out of Office" and set the NIC to auto detect.

 

[Guest]

So you are saying their is no policy to set that you know of?

 

[Yves Leclerc]

Policies control software not hardware configuration. The suggested way is
the most accepted way.

 

[Allen M]

Not that I know of. But then again I'm not an MVP and they might be able to
chime in with a solution. However using multiple hardware profiles were
designed for exactly what you're trying to do.

 

[Guest]

Guys this Did not work. when I change the network speed and duplex in Profile
A it changes in Profile B and Vice Versa what now??

Tom