It is not just a Mac problem - Windows has the same issue. Since most wireless connections require credentials, and those are provided by the login account post authentication, you have to have a valid login before you can get wireless.
Wired connections come up during the system boot, and are in place before the user logs in, hence domain credentials can be authenticated. I presume this is an EEI image? If so, you probably cannot login as as user with wireless access, and then switch back to the Login Window and try Other using the existing wireless connection. I think that is disabled by design. The EEI images are (mostly) documented in CalShare. The simplest solution is to to an in-person handover of the machine, and use a dongle and wire for the job. The dongle does not have to be assigned to the machine - it just has to be authorized on the network. After that, the login is cached on the machine. Graham On 7/20/15 12:54 PM, Luis Torres wrote: > Hello Micronet Users, > > > I'm curious to know if there is a way for first time domain logins to > work through airbears or airbears2. We effectively want to know if the > computer can be put on the wireless (even if credentials are needed) > before the user can log in - we have a couple of macs that don't have > ethernet adapters (new Macs) and want to know if being "on the wire" is > the only way to get a new domain user's credentials cached into the Mac. > > > Thanks, > -- > ----- > Luis Torres > System Administrator > Department of Statistics, UC Berkeley. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > The following was automatically added to this message by the list server: > > To learn more about Micronet, including how to subscribe to or unsubscribe > from its mailing list and how to find out about upcoming meetings, please > visit the Micronet Web site: > > http://micronet.berkeley.edu > > Messages you send to this mailing list are public and world-viewable, and the > list's archives can be browsed and searched on the Internet. This means > these messages can be viewed by (among others) your bosses, prospective > employers, and people who have known you in the past. > > ANNOUNCEMENTS: To send announcements to the Micronet list, please use the > [email protected] list. > -- Graham Patterson, Systems Administrator Rm 111, Lawrence Hall of Science, UC Berkeley 510-643-1984 "...past the iguana, the tyrannosaurus, the mastodon, the mathematical puzzles, and the meteorite..." - used to be the directions to my office. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following was automatically added to this message by the list server: To learn more about Micronet, including how to subscribe to or unsubscribe from its mailing list and how to find out about upcoming meetings, please visit the Micronet Web site: http://micronet.berkeley.edu Messages you send to this mailing list are public and world-viewable, and the list's archives can be browsed and searched on the Internet. This means these messages can be viewed by (among others) your bosses, prospective employers, and people who have known you in the past. ANNOUNCEMENTS: To send announcements to the Micronet list, please use the [email protected] list.
