On Wednesday 30 March 2005 19:35, Wayne Stallwood wrote:
On Wednesday 30 March 2005 10:51 am, Stuart Bailey wrote:
Hi, Does anyone know if it is possible to configure a DHCP server to automatically assign workgroups to windows clients?
Many thanks,
Only guessing here but I'd say probably not. At least partly because any win9x/me client needs a reboot before a workgroup change becomes fully effective.
I assume you have a batch of clients that you want to be able to enforce a workgroup change on without doing loads of leg work ?
Well, I have a Linux server with Samba offering printers, home dir's and shared dir's. The office has a number of Windows clients (various, from Win2K, XP Home and XP Pro). They have all configured their own machines (and some visitors from other parts of the company also 'plug their machines in). Obviously, most things work, like internet access, ntp updates etc. Each win user has setup various shares on their machines, and when I look at the network using smbclient, I see 4 different workgroups, from different versions of Windows.
What I want to do is configure DHCP to force all windows clients to use the same workgroup, and then they will be able to share their files / printers.
The main reason for doing it on the server is that I am configuring the system remotely. I will have to go to the office now and configure windows myself.
Many thanks,
Stuart
What version of Windows are the clients ?
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