I know that some Dell's and some HP's are configured to disable the Wired NIC when on Battery in order to conserve battery
On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 10:51 AM, Mike Diggins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For the few Vista users that have had this problem, we have found their > Wired network interface to be disabled, and enabling it seems to correct the > situation. However, my Service Desk has reported that some Acer notebooks > are disabling the wired interface again after a reboot. I haven't witnessed > this first hand yet. Has anyone seen this or have a work around? > > -Mike > > > > On Tue, 9 Sep 2008, Nathaniel Austin wrote: > > Michael, >> >> First off the bug is marked incorrectly internally. It is actually going >> to be fixed in a 4.1.7 release, so you will not have to upgrade your >> hardware. I don't have a release date for 4.1.7, but I expect it soon. >> >> As for the enable L2 strict mode workaround, that only works in situations >> where the agent is attempting a login but fails with access blocked by >> administrator. If the agent can detect any mac addresses (wired nic) this >> will be the behavior you see. If your wireless supplicant disables the wired >> nic, the agent cannot detect any mac addresses and that is why the agent >> never pops up and the login fails. >> >> I apologize for the miscommunication. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Nate >> >> >> Stanclift, Michael wrote: >> >>> Excuse my original subject, I was crossing topics... >>> >>> Michael Stanclift >>> Network Analyst >>> Rockhurst University >>> >>> http://help.rockhurst.edu >>> (816) 501-4231 >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Stanclift, Michael Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 9:14 AM >>> To: 'Cisco Clean Access Users and Administrators' >>> Subject: String Error won't be fixed until 4.5 Agent >>> >>> Just got this from our TAC engineer today... has me about ready to throw >>> all my Cisco equipment in the dumpster. >>> >>> Vadim Linev (valinev) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> It's a knows bug CSCsr87134 "Vista Agent does not detect MAC address of >>> Wireless NICs", but unfortunately it's not yet fixed in publicly >>> available Agent. It will be available in 4.5. >>> >>> In a meantime you can consider using one of workaround options: >>> >>> 1) Stop pushing out 4.1.6 agent and return to 4.1.3.x or prior. >>> 2) Disable "Enable L2 Strict Mode" option. >>> >>> Please let me know how it's working for you. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Vadim. >>> >>> We can't upgrade to 4.5 without upgrading our hardware, which we are not >>> currently budgeted to do. Excuse my language, but their solution is >>> absolute bullshit. We don't even use "Enable L2 Strict Mode" >>> >>> >>> Michael Stanclift >>> Network Analyst >>> Rockhurst University >>> >>> http://help.rockhurst.edu >>> (816) 501-4231 >>> >>>
