Assumed Users not Assuming Correctly

[StJohnsHastings]

The issue I am having is the Assumed Users (AU) not working correctly. Even though I think I have everything set up correctly, if I disable an AU, the AU can still access the Internet. Needless-to-say, this is not what I want to happen. Please let me know if I can add any further information to help clear any confusion. Thank you.

Further to this, I can see the machine in the list of computers in the Activity tab. If I go to the properties of the computer, the WinGate username is Guest even though the AU is completely different. This is what I think is the crux of my issue.

[adrien]

Hi

did you set assumed users by IP address or machine name?

If machine name, this only works if WInGate was the DHCP server that allocated the IP address.

Regards

Adrien

[StJohnsHastings]

This is by machine name. The server that hosts GateKeeper is not the DHCP server for the domain. All client machines (approximately 135) are XP Pro except for 10 Macs that have static IP addresses (and work correctly). If I give the XP machines static IP's, the assumption still does not work.

[adrien]

Since WinGate's not the DHCP server for the LAN, you'll need to set assumptions by IP address for it to work. There's no reliable way to get the machine name from an IP address. WinGate only learns the IP address when a client connects.

Regards

Adrien

[StJohnsHastings]

My mistake, I meant to say that WinGate is the DHCP server. When I did set the IP address on the XP machine to a static address, the assumptions still do work correctly. I would upload my configuration file if figure out which extension I am allowed to use to attach to the message if that would help.

It was not a good day yesterday, and today is looking worse. Alcohol, the cause and solution to all of life's problems, but that is a discussion for another time.

[StJohnsHastings]

Ok...more information for you to ponder. I think the reason why AU works for static versus DHCP may have something to do with GateKeeper (GK) not updating the LMHosts and Hosts files. In the registry (as it is the only way I can see what IP addresses have been assigned via DHCP), I see all the computers receiving the correct information. I have a feeling that GK is resolving the computer name correctly. The server that hosts WinGate is a stand alone server (also hosting Exchange) running Server 2003 SP1 that is a secondary DNS as well.

[Andyt3e]

Hi,


Not sure if this has beed sorted or not, there is away you can find every computer name on your network all from one machine and that is to use a program called LanGuard is a simple install, I used it myself to get every computers name on my network. And then being able to use the computer name for the AU settings .

Anyway hope that helps

Regards
Andyt3e

[StJohnsHastings]

I just used the AD container for the Computers and the registry editor update GateKeeper with all of the computer names and their associated accounts. This did not make a difference. I am just going to make all Student computers static IP addresses (which I know work) and be done with it. I will continue playing around with DHCP to try to get the Teacher's laptops to go by name since I can't put a static address on their computers.