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Re: wireless login inconsistant

I take it that your student accounts are LDAP or Open Directory.  In that case it *could* be that your problem is just a race condition: loginwindow is appearing before you have network.  In Panther you can fix this by making loginwindow's StartupItem require Network (or Resolver to be safe, IIRC).  You'll need to edit

/System/Library/StartupItems/LoginWindow/StartupParameters.plist

(Fixing the problem in Tiger involves rc.local because loginwindow is started directly by launchd.)  I think this has been mentioned on this list before so there may be more details in the archives.

Also note you may have to follow some of Dave's steps before trying this so that the machines are actually joining wireless networks without a login.

HTH,
IWC

On 6 Sep 2005, at 6:13 PM, Harris wrote:
Carl:

I am curious if you got any response on this.  I have the same problem with wireless connections and haven't been able to pin it down.  I've done the generic stuff such as  using fixed IP and not  DHCP to access directory service, setting home directories to connect via IP and not DNS,  turning off ethernet and modem on the clients and moving airport to the top of the list, and setting airport to connect to a specific network instead of automatic. 

I had this problem  under 10.3.5.  I just upgraded to 10.3.9 clients and Server and updated airport base stations to the latest and greatest software.  I haven't seen the problem reappear but school has only been in a week and iBooks are not yet receiving extensive use.

This problem has been posted many times on the list but I have never seen a solution besides the above.  Anybody out there have other ideas?

Dave Harris
Canadian Academy
Kobe, Japan

I have noticed that our wireless iBOOKs are not consistently allowing
logins. That is, if I attempt to login as a student the login request
is denied. If I then login in as a local administrator, logout, and
try again as a student the login is fine.

This is one of a few strange behaviors since I (1) re-imaged the
iBOOKs,(2) installed some new Airport Base Stations,  (3) upgraded to
OS X Server 10.3.9 and (4) imaged and installed both the Server HD
and Data HD onto larger disks. It does seem that those workstations
that are wired are more reliable. Yes, too many variables.
thanks

Carl Campion
Director of Academic Technology
Chemistry Teacher
Archmere Academy
302-798-6632x823

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