WPA-PSK network key batch file?

[Guest]

Hello,

I am an administrator at a school with HP tablets running Windows XP tablet
edition, and we are in the process of updating our wireless security to
WPA-PSK. As we would be using a 64 digit network key, is there a way to run
a batch file to configure the wireless settings to WPA-PSK and automatically
enter the 64 digit key? I am looking at updating 250 laptops, so any kind of
automation would be great.

 

[Sooner Al [MVP]]

Hello,

I am an administrator at a school with HP tablets running Windows XP
tablet
edition, and we are in the process of updating our wireless security to
WPA-PSK. As we would be using a 64 digit network key, is there a way to
run
a batch file to configure the wireless settings to WPA-PSK and
automatically
enter the 64 digit key? I am looking at updating 250 laptops, so any kind
of
automation would be great.

With Windows Connect Now (WCN) you can save off the wireless configuration
to a flash drive and use that. You could probably also put the created files
and folders on a shared drive for access by all users. I have never tried
that though.

XP...

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/columns/cableguy/cg0604.mspx

Vista...

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/columns/cableguy/cg0406.mspx

With Vista you can also do this via group policies...

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2007/04/CableGuy/default.aspx

....or possibly netsh commands in scripts...

http://technet2.microsoft.com/Windo...f435edbe-1d50-4774-bae2-0dda33eaeb2f1033.mspx

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[Richard Giagnacovo]

If your tablet PCs have Intel cards, you could download the Intel Pro
Set software and configure a profile to use with it. The profile could
contain lots of settings including network keys and card configurations.