Ah ok. Hmmm well I follow the same procedure. I or into WGM and change the MAC address to match the new machine if it is a replacement. I have seen no issues.
Sent from my iPhone On Sep 3, 2010, at 3:36 PM, "Tim Limbert" <limbe...@newell-fonda.k12.ia.us> wrote: > Ok, I should clarify. I answered without thinking too hard. If it's a > loaner, I name it differently. If it's a permanent replacement, I name it > the same. Presumably, the original one would get fixed and re-allocated > somewhere else later. > > --- > Timothy A. Limbert > Technology Coordinator > Newell-Fonda CSD > 712.272.3324 > --- > http://newell-fondatech.blogspot.com > Twitter: limbert65 > Onverse avatar SurdeahP > Onverse address Metroview Penthouse 15, house #1. > > > From: "Karl Hehr" <karl_h...@s-hamilton.k12.ia.us> > Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 3:33 PM > To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us > Subject: Re: [info-tech] ARD Issue > > I have all loaners marked as (StuLoaner--XXXX) I don't change the computer > name to match so I can keep track of which machines are loaners. > > Karl H. Hehr > Technology/Curriculum Director > South Hamilton CSD > www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us > 515.827.5418 (W) > 515.209.9767 (C) > 515.827.5368 (F) > > > Luddite by Degrees > 1) Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and > is just a natural part of the way the world works. > 2) Anything that's invented between when you're 15 and 35 is new and exciting > and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it. > 3) Anything invented after you're 35 is again the natural order of things > > --- Douglas Adams > > > > > On Sep 3, 2010, at 3:16 PM, Karl Hehr wrote: > >> So you give the loaner the same name as the students' machine that he just >> turned in? >> >> Karl H. Hehr >> Technology/Curriculum Director >> South Hamilton CSD >> www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us >> 515.827.5418 (W) >> 515.209.9767 (C) >> 515.827.5368 (F) >> >> >> Luddite by Degrees >> 1) Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and >> is just a natural part of the way the world works. >> 2) Anything that's invented between when you're 15 and 35 is new and >> exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it. >> 3) Anything invented after you're 35 is again the natural order of things >> >> --- Douglas Adams >> >> >> >> >> On Sep 3, 2010, at 2:11 PM, Tim Limbert wrote: >> >>> Anyone with an Apple network: >>> >>> I'm having a problem I haven't had for the last two years. Here's the >>> scenario: >>> >>> I image up a laptop for a kid, enter his machine record (Ethernet MAC >>> address) into WGM and put that computer into the proper management groups. >>> Everything works dandy, laptop getting proper management, ARD interacting >>> properly with the laptop. >>> Then, something goes wrong with that laptop, and I need to give him a >>> loaner. >>> I remove the computer record for the old laptop from WGM, create a new one >>> for the new machine, put it in the proper management groups, and image a >>> new machine for him. >>> Now, although the kid can login and sync, and management is working fine, >>> ARD refuses to interact with the new laptop at all. It shows up in the >>> list under Scanner, but if I double-click on it, absolutely nothing >>> happens. Sometimes the laptop shows as offline with a black icon, even >>> though it's running and on the network. If I do a Get Info on that laptop, >>> there is no Login and Password shown in the Info screen. >>> >>> The two laptops had the exact same image, both deployed with Casper. This >>> has happened in every case where a person has had to switch laptops. After >>> the switch, I can't access the machine through ARD. Something about DNS I >>> don't understand, perhaps? >>> >>> --- >>> Timothy A. Limbert >>> Technology Coordinator >>> Newell-Fonda CSD >>> 712.272.3324 >>> --- >>> http://newell-fondatech.blogspot.com >>> Twitter: limbert65 >>> Onverse avatar SurdeahP >>> Onverse address Metroview Penthouse 15, house #1. >> > >
