Re: My Documents Redirection with Laptop using WiFi

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One hint is that the laptops need to be connected to the wired network when
you install the certificate. You'll get an auto-enrollment message when the
GPO installs the certificate, so watch for that as an indication that the
laptop has the necessary group policies (including auto-enrollment).

Owen wrote that doc with great attention to detail, so the closer you follow
it, the less likely you are to have issues. If you do run into anything
while configuring it, feel free to post back. I did the wireless
configuration for security reasons, but I've been very happy with the
results in peformance and reliability as well. It's well worth doing.

"Chester" <chester.hull@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Dave Nickason [SBS MVP] wrote:
I'm not sure why the laptops wouldn't boot, but I suspect you may be on
track with what you're thinking. I'd guess that something is trying to
connect to a resource it's not authenticated for.

If you set up your wireless securely with certificates on the laptops,
the
computers will be able to authenticate to the network as soon as they get
the wireless connection. In your current situation (I'm guessing),
there's
no authentication until the user logs in.

If you configure the wireless this way, you'll have a wireless experience
that's very similar to wired (login scripts run, drives map, etc.).
Here's
how you do it, in a step-by-step article from SBS MVP Owen Williams.
http://home.comcast.net/~clearviewtc/


Dave, you're on the track that I'm thinking. And thanks for the link.
My initial try at that configuration failed. Everything seemed to go
ok, except the laptop got hung with about half of the GP on it.
(incidentally, the Windows Mobile 2003 phones that sync to the server
also stopped. Probably would have just had to install the Cert on them,
or something). Anyway, after the inital foray into this, I ran out of
time, and ended up undoing the GPO, Radius server settings, and rolling
back. Going to have another shot at it soon.

But yes, the problem is, the Wifi doesn't connect until the user is
logged in. Which means that no logon scripts will run.
So I think you've got me on the right track here. Thanks! I'll keep at
it!

Chester



"Chester" <chester.hull@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hello, We enabled My Documents redirection on the network, and the
wired computers work fine with it, but the laptops connecting over WiFi
fail to boot. They simply hang in the Applying Settings stage.

When we wire those same laptops into the network, they will boot fine,
but then if we shut down, and try to reboot again on the wireless, we
get the same problem.

I'm assuming this is because the WiFi connection is not connected yet
in the boot process when the laptop is looking for the My Documents
folder.
How can we get around this, or how can we accomplish what we are trying
to do?

The end goal is to have the two users in our office that use both a
laptop and a desktop have their documents available on either computer.
Should we use My Documents redirection, Roaming Profiles, or something
else to accomplish this?
Also, the laptops are used off the network, so they would need offline
access to the files.

Thanks!

Chester




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