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Date:  Mon, 15 Dec 2003 11:18:37 -0500
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From:  Lewis G Rosenthal <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
To:  os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com
Subject: [OS2Wireless] Attempting to logon to Warp DOmain using Wireless Access from XP

On 12/15/2003 07:14 am, Leon D. Zetekoff thus wrote :

>On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 23:02:40 -0500, Lewis G Rosenthal wrote:
>  
>
>>Not sure exactly which interface we're discussing, here. If you are 
>>referring to establishing an association with an access point, then this 
>>is done as soon as the driver is loaded, even before a higher level 
>>protocol (TCP, UDP, NetBIOS, IPX, etc.) is bound to the card, AFAIK.
>>    
>>
>
>WSeB only makes a logon connection via NetBIOS, right?
>
>  
>
Or TCPBIOS (NetBIOS over TCP).

>>>A wireless 
>>>connection is not usually established at computer user logon time but once the logon screen has passed. Does anyone have a way to get around this issue on XP?
>>> 
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>Ah... I think I have a better idea here. The XP connection manager may 
>>block access until permissions are established. No matter. Don't use it. 
>>Use a connection manager for the card (i.e., the one provided by the 
>>manufacturer) or for ThinkPads (and probably others), try the IBM Access 
>>Connections utility. I've had nothing but problems dealing with the 
>>supposedly-more-user-friendly XP connection manager. As with most 
>>software from Redmond, they shipped it before they started thinking 
>>out-of-the-box (the shipping box, that is!).
>>    
>>
>
>Already done, but those are loaded AFTER the XP logon prompt....If I can get the wireless connection software loaded BEFORE the logon prompt appears then it should be 
>ok. I'm proposing a system consisting of WSeB, OS2/eCS clients and XP clients all wireless (most of the wireless clients will be done with bridging hardware to make it platform 
>neutral BUT there are some laptops out there (like mine and my bosses) which are XP.
>
>Ideas?
>
>  
>
Okay, now we're on the same page. You want to configure a single signon 
from the NT GINA, instead of logging into the notebook locally first and 
then connecting to the Wi-Fi network. It's been my experience that IBM 
Access Connections will startup before the logon is complete. Have you 
tried setting it to the connection for "best way" (can't remember the 
exact term right now, and not near a Windows machine - other than 
rebooting my own box, which I will do in a moment)? IOW, instead of 
telling it to use wired or to use wireless, tell it to automatically 
select the best connection method. This may be the issue.

I'll follow-up after I reboot to W2K (I don't run XP on my T30). I need 
to look at the setup I have for IBM Access Connections.

>Thanks Leon
>
>  
>
No sweat!

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Lewis 
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