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ravimodiUser is Offline

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09/15/2008 6:20 AM  

Hi,

I am using windows 2003 server & using l230 clients. I have one application which uses nodes IP address & mac-id to create individual users local files. The application uses ipconig command to get node ip address, but in Ncomputing nodes the ipconfig is displaying the server ip-address & mac-id.  Is there any command or utility wheren the nodes ip-address & mac-id can be found out programatically.

 

Ravi Modi

 
JohnBUser is Offline

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09/15/2008 9:39 AM  
Ravi,
Sounds like the program is pulling the local host IP address and the mac from the nic. Remember the L230 is a dumb terminal. It does not give it's IP or Mac to windows. The Ip's and the Nic mac address can be found either locally on the L230 or via the NCT software. Do you know if the program had a config file that can be edited manually. If so find out how and enter the data manually. If not it may be that the software was not written to work with thin client type archt.
Hope this helps.

John
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ravimodiUser is Offline

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09/15/2008 11:31 PM  

John,

It's true that the program was not written for thin client environment. The program is banking application where users have different rights and also it restircts the physical nodes from where the user logs in. The program tracks which user is logging from which node (for security reasons) and keeping log of it. Certain category of users are restricted to logging from their nodes only. For all these requirements it is important that program can identify what is the IP-Address/Mac ID of Node from where the user logins. The L-230 has its mac-id & seperate IP-Address, but how to find it at run time ?  Your suggestion that a seperate config file be used containing user names & mac-id will not solve the purpose.

 
JohnBUser is Offline

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09/16/2008 8:53 AM  
I think you may not like the answer, but here it goes. The client itself is a dumb terminal. When the program is accessed it is accessed on the network thru the nic on the computer, not the nic on the thin client therefore the ip address and the mac address of the thin client cannot be used. Now one solution that could possibly work would be to install a nic for each user and assign the thin client to a nic. But that would only work if the mother board can support it and you don't have too many thin client users. I have 2 host machines that have 4 and 6 nics mostly for balancing ip traffic load. Another option would be to use Virtual machines and connenct through them. Since each VM would have an unique Ip and mac.
Hope some of that helps.
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