Using static IP address in unattended cd

[edmoncu]

Hi again,

I am unsure if this had been asked before but I would like to know if there is a possible common way for me to create a way that could implement static ip addressing for an unattended xp boot cd? I wanna assign addressing like 192.168.0.x... ip numbering if ever the cd will be used on a machine with multiple LAN cards. Thanks.

[homiebrah]

Read the ref.chm file located in the deploy.cab file.

It will be in the Support\Tools folder on your CD.

[edmoncu]

thanks, i've tried reading through the help file but i find the steps a bit complicated. i was wondering if what files are required for me to edit, and what entries do i need to put into.

thanks in advanced, i hope you could bear with me, im really new at this.

[Burger]

Hi,

I wanna assign addressing like 192.168.0.x... ip numbering if ever the cd will be used on a machine with multiple LAN cards. Thanks.

Did you looking for something like this :

[Networking]
    InstallDefaultComponents=No

[NetAdapters]
    Adapter1=params.Adapter1

[params.Adapter1]
    INFID=*

[NetClients]
    MS_MSClient=params.MS_MSClient

[NetServices]
    MS_SERVER=params.MS_SERVER

[NetProtocols]
    MS_TCPIP=params.MS_TCPIP

[params.MS_TCPIP]
    DNS=No
    UseDomainNameDevolution=No
    EnableLMHosts=Yes
    AdapterSections=params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1

[params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1]
    SpecificTo=Adapter1
    DHCP=No
    IPAddress=192.168.1.120
    SubnetMask=255.255.255.0
    DefaultGateway=192.168.1.254
    DNSServerSearchOrder=192.168.1.254
    WINS=No
    NetBIOSOptions=0

For multible Networkcards you need to use the same settings with *.Adapter2 and so on.

You have to add these Lines to your winnt.sif

Hope it helps.

Burger

[Bâshrat the Sneaky]

Perhaps a DHCP server is a much easier solution!

[edmoncu]

@Burger, thanks very much for the pointers, will try to apply those on my unattended compilation.

@Bâshrat the Sneaky, as much as i love using DHCP, i like the practice of having it disabled by default (including the service). i am planning on using this on different PCs and some of them have multiple network cards... i would like to implement an unattended cd that can automatically assign static ip addressing for each PCs.

[Solid as a rock]

[Proxy]
    Proxy_Enable=0
    Use_Same_Proxy=1

[Networking]
    InstallDefaultComponents=No

[NetAdapters]
    Adapter1=params.Adapter1
    Adapter2=params.Adapter2

[params.Adapter1]
    INFID=*

[params.Adapter2]
    INFID=*

[NetClients]
    MS_MSClient=params.MS_MSClient

[NetServices]
    MS_SERVER=params.MS_SERVER

[NetProtocols]
    MS_TCPIP=params.MS_TCPIP

[params.MS_TCPIP]
    DNS=No
    UseDomainNameDevolution=No
    EnableLMHosts=Yes
    AdapterSections=params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1
    AdapterSections=params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter2

[params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1]
    SpecificTo=Adapter1
    DHCP=No
    WINS=No
    NetBIOSOptions=0
    IPAddress=192.168.0.1
    SubnetMask=255.255.255.0
    DefaultGateway=192.168.0.1

[params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter2]
    SpecificTo=Adapter2
    DHCP=No
    WINS=No
    NetBIOSOptions=0
    IPAddress=192.168.0.2
    SubnetMask=255.255.255.0
    DefaultGateway=192.168.0.2

i have this but it never works, my 1st lancard is a simple realtek card and Xp install him automatically but wont give the static ip i have filled in. my 2nd lancard is a 3com onboard gigabitcard, who needs to first install intel INF and then the 3com driver but i dont have found out how to install 3com driver unattend....

so do someone know why my first lancard wont get a static IP? and how to unattend install 3com? and give him also a static IP?

why static IP? my computer is freeze one minute after booting, he search a dhcp server but there it is not. when give static IP i solve the freeze....

[edmoncu]

i agree, that's one more advantage i want to achieve with disabling DHCP, is that it renders XP to boot faster w/o pauses.

[urgan]

@SolidasRock

If your second card isn't installed during setup, why bother configuring both ?

Besides, ref.chm says

You must list each adapter present in the computer as an entry = value pair. Only one network adapter is configured during Sysprep, even if the Sysprep.inf file specifies configuration of multiple cards.

And you have another thing going against you:

If you are using InfID = * in both cards, you aren't telling setup anything useful, I think it goes like "InfID = *PNP030b", but then again, you should reread the "[params.adapter instance]" section on the help file.

Disclaimer:

My windows computer as only 1 adapter, so have all the workstations I did unatended or sysprep.

[Rico.JohnnY]

i have 3 adapters installed on my system....so how do i know which is the adapter1 ,and whick is the 2?

[Bâshrat the Sneaky]

i have 3 adapters installed on my system....so how do i know which is the adapter1 ,and whick is the 2?

good question....

[Rico.JohnnY]

i think i have figured it out..

refer to

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=229762

[Solid as a rock]

i think i have  figured it out..

refer to

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=229762

mmmmm.... this is when knowing the pcislot, macadress, type of the network card.

is there no way to use something that give networkcards static IP without knowing which type, macadress, pcislot.... because most computers are different...

[urgan]

I guess in this case, you should use the pnp id to identify the cards.

I use this program "Unknown Devices" at this page to get pnpid for Windows PE.

From what i gather in documentation, in this case it should suffice the InfID parameter, with the right string, because unlike the PCI locatin it is unique.

Let us know if you figure this out.

[edmoncu]

although in my case, i won't mind if ip assignment will ever be mixed-up. i just wanna experience the speedier bootup times that disabled-DHCP provides.

@Burger:

i would also like to know, should i place all these under winnt.sif?

Did you looking for something like this :

[Networking]
   InstallDefaultComponents=No

[NetAdapters]
   Adapter1=params.Adapter1

...

For multible Networkcards you need to use the same settings with *.Adapter2 and so on.

You have to add these Lines to your winnt.sif

Hope it helps.

Burger

also, for target PCs with multiple LAN cards, will i only duplicate entries that have the adapter1 and change them all to adapter2? thanks.

would it be also possible instead for me to simply enter a range for the pre-set manual IP settings for the detected LAN cards, rather than declare each detected LAN cards?