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<FONT SIZE="4"><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>Hi Tim,<BR>
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I use a single Leopard image for everything including AirPort settings.<BR>
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I include all the required settings for our private network in the AirPort, but I turn Off the AirPort interface when I’m done configuring it before creating the image.<BR>
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The assumptions are:<BR>
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Desktop users will be wired so they won’t ever need AirPort on and take up addresses<BR>
Laptop users would be wired the first time they logon and then turn on AirPort after that, or we make sure it’s enabled before we hand it to them<BR>
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This seems to work fine for us so far since our network is consistent everywhere. If you have multiple network configurations (because of geographical locations, etc.) then that gets a little difficult to do that in the single image.<BR>
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Craig<BR>
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On 5/13/08 11:12 AM, "Nicometo, Tim S." <nicometo.tim@mayo.edu> wrote:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT SIZE="4"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'><FONT FACE="Lucida Grande">Hello all, I am wondering if someone has a proven, rock star, strategy for creating base Leopard OS images for laptops vs. desktops in regards to networking settings, Airport, modems, etc.<BR>
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All of our desktop machines are connected via Ethernet and none use Airport, nor any modems. However, almost all of our laptops connect to the network via Airport, and in some rare cases via modem.<BR>
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Is it a safe bet to include all the Airport and modems settings on a base OS image deployable to all platforms, even though the desktops will never use these settings? Or do we need to created separate images for laptops and desktops.<BR>
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Note, I thought about creating a Composer package just for laptop network settings, however there were quite a few byhost files that were created in the process, and to be honest, I am not sure how to handle those.<BR>
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Thanks in advance for any help/information/strategies...<BR>
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