Re: Wireless network w/ SBS

In article <##tQyAs$GHA.1224@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, rkircher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
says...

To be honest I'm not sure I'm following you w/ the log issues. Could be
that I'm just too fried. ;-) If it would be easier to review my log I can
email it directly to you.

No, the log info you provided was fine.

My point was that comparing your log entries with those from two other networks
which are working properly shows some significant differences which do not
appear to be explained by you using different hardware and IP addresses.

Frankly, I think the issue has something to do with initial communication
with the DC. Every indication is that the workstation can not get to the DC
at startup. I tried setting a fixed IP to see if this would solve the issue
but it didn't. I can ping the workstation much sooner in the startup
process but it still gives me the 1054 error. Most of what I read regarding
the error seems to indicate a DNS issue but this only happens when the PC is
connecting via wireless not hardwire. I'm wondering if this WAP somehow
isn't allowing the traffic at initial connection or if there is some sort of
reg value that can make the client wait until it can communicate similar to
the slow connection GPO settings.

Something is getting through since IAS is logging. But (as noted above) what
is being logged is not typical for a working 802.1x/EAP-TLS wireless network.

Out of curiosity, what WAPs are you using that support this config.
Although I'd rather not go out and buy another WAP I have a best buy just up
the street and don't mind getting something else to see if I can make this
work. In the mean time user lever GPOs work so I'm going to complete that
side of the setup and deploy the system.

Your easy and fairly inexpensive choice for a test would be a LinkSys WRT54g -
Best Buy should have plenty of those. It's a router but it's easy to configure
as a WAP:

* Disable DHCP
* Plug the Ethernet cable into one of the LAN jacks, not the WAN/Internet jack.

My slight caveat is that it will probably be a Version 5. Versions 1-4 were
Linux-based. Version 5 uses a different embedded OS. But it should be
functionally equivalent.

-- Owen Williams [SBS MVP]
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