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Script required to determine Location of Laptops on lo... - 6/23/2008 10:42:45 PM   
  pbukn1

 

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Status: offline 		Hi Guys

I have been using an existing startup vb script for some time which determines what your station's host name is an checks against a list of stations within the same script and installs an appropriate printer.  A little messy I know, but it works.

However, the site in which this script was running has now aquired an additional building elsewhere, which has had it's infrastructure linked via broadband and so enables users to login to the main server, located at the original site.  The script still works fine for workstations, but I am having trouble creating a script for the the laptop users as they do not have a permanent location.

Both sites have a different I.P range, but on the same subnet and so enable direct access to each other's server's and workstations.
After searching about for a script to prompt the user for a lacation and having had any real success, it suddenly occured to me to attempt a script that will determine a stations location by it's DHCP generated I.P address, then move it into then call the correct vbscript specific to the location.

Anyone have any ideas on a small script that could perhaps check for 1 of 2 I.P ranges within the stations currently assigned I.P address and depending on which range it discovers, will then run the appropriate vb printer script for that site?

Thank you for your time reading this.

 
 
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RE: Script required to determine Location of Laptops o... - 6/23/2008 11:57:42 PM   
  ebgreen


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Status: online 		You could certainly do that. Have you tried anything yet?

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RE: Script required to determine Location of Laptops o... - 6/24/2008 8:36:12 PM   
  pbukn1

 

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Status: offline 		I haven't tried anything to that affect yet, but would like to asap.

All I require is a small script to the effect of:

if i.p "192.168.100.*  call "site1.vbs
if i.p "192.168.101.* call "site2.vbs

The closest thing I can come up with is

Option Explicit
Dim IP_Address : IP_Address = GetIP()
If IP_Address = "192.18.67.*" Then
Call ScriptStart("tenzingstaff.vbs")
If IP_Address = "192.18.147.*" Then
Call ScriptStart("whcstaff.vbs")
End If
GetIP = IP
End Function

With this particular script it prompts for a further 'If' Statement.
I wouldn't know where to begin as I am no scripter, despite understanding a little of what the code means and how to manipulate it to suite my needs.

Any help would be appriciated.

< Message edited by pbukn1 -- 6/24/2008 11:32:08 PM >

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RE: Script required to determine Location of Laptops o... - 6/25/2008 12:16:12 AM   
  ebgreen


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Status: online 		Well just to be clear we are here to help you write a script, not to write one for you. I would start with figuring out how to get the machine's IP address. There are a couple of ways to do this. Searching here or at google should get you headed in the right direction.

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RE: Script required to determine Location of Laptops o... - 11/5/2008 7:03:34 AM   
  AndrewParker

 

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Status: offline 		There you go, you can mod this:

Const constLeedsSubnet = "192.168.2."

Sub subLeedsSubnet (strExecPrefix)
Dim strComputer
Dim objWMIService
Dim colNICs
Dim objNIC
Dim colTCPIPs
Dim objTCPIP
Dim strIPAddress
Dim bLeedsSubnet
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colNICS = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
     ("Select * from Win32_NetworkAdapter")
For Each objNIC in colNICS
 strComputer = "."
 Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
 Set colTCPIPs = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
      ("Select * from Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration Where MACAddress = '" & objNIC.MACAddress & "'")
 For Each objTCPIP in colTCPIPs
  On Error Resume Next
     For Each strIPAddress in objTCPIP.IPAddress
          If Left(strIPAddress,10) = constLeedsSubnet Then
    bLeedsSubnet = True
   End If
      Next
 Next
Next
If bLeedsSubnet Then
 strExecPrefix = "\\neptune\packages$\"
Else
 strExecPrefix = "\\sun\packages$\"
End If
End Sub


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