Hi, Does anyone know if it is possible to configure a DHCP server to automatically assign workgroups to windows clients?
Many thanks,
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 ?
What version of Windows are the clients ?
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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On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 20:48:07 +0100, Stuart Bailey stuart@linusoft.co.uk wrote:
On Wednesday 30 March 2005 19:35, Wayne Stallwood wrote:
On Wednesday 30 March 2005 10:51 am, Stuart Bailey wrote:
Does anyone know if it is possible to configure a DHCP server to automatically assign workgroups to windows clients?
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.
NT and 2000 also insist on rebooting after changing the name of the workgroup.
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.
Windows does not need to be on the same workgroup to use another's shares or printers. The workgroup does not even allow duplicate computer names in different groups - they all have to be unique if they can sense each other on the LAN. The workgroup is only for some sense of convience, not security. The workgroup doesn't even change the path to the service. eg. \fileserver\home
Therefore don't bother with changing the workgroups, and I'm sure the users will be happy clicking on the other workgroups they can see when they browse the network 'hood.
You don't mean Windows Domain do you? Bit more complicated, those are.
Good luck! Tim.
On Wednesday 30 March 2005 8:48 pm, Stuart Bailey wrote:
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.
Is that wise if the machines are visitors, would it not possibly break things when they got back to their own respective networks ?
Even more annoying if the machine was previously part of a domain, they would (temporarily) lose access to their user profile surely.
There are ways of doing it using system policies, however I have never done it outside of a Windows Domain environment so I have no idea how you would deploy and manage your policy.
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