TM 1450: Managing the WiFi settings?

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OS: WinXP SP2 Card: TM 1450 Driver: 3.120.28.0   How is everyone managing the WiFi settings without going to each laptop and configuring them by hand? I have been told of a bcmpn.wpn file that is supposed to be able to be dropped into %systemroot%\system32 and will configure the settings for you, but I have been unable to generate/use this file on my own system. The file is even referenced in the Setup.Inf file with a line that states...   [INSTALL_OPTIONS_NT] WL_CONFIG_FILE=bcmpn.wpn   Thanks!

Joeboo22 · Answer

scorp,

If you use the Dell Wireless WLAN Card Utility to create your wireless network profiles, you can click 'Export' on the 'Wireless Networks' tab. This allows you to create your own custom "bcmpn.wpn" file that contains your network settings, and you can use that file on other computers to import those settings using the method you described.

scorp508 · Answer

Thank you. I actually found that button right after posting this. Figures doesn't it? I posted my findings over in the general wireless forum.

http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=si_wireless&message.id=13836

This is what I ended up being able to do.

I installed the client app once and configured our network settings (SSID / encryption key / etc.) and used the export feature to export to bcmpn.wpn. I then uninstalled the software. At that point I installed the software using "setup.exe -s -on - app". That commandline installs the software silently, turns on the Dell client as the wireless network manager and turns off the Wireless Zero Config service, and also only installs the application as the driver was pre-installed with the Sysprep MiniSetup. The machine is rebooted after installation of the application and then bcmpn.wpn is copied down to %systemroot%\system32 upon restart and the client within 1 minute swallows the settings in and tadah everything works great!

This will easily allow us to modify client settings w/o having to visit the 120 or so machines I needed to do this with.

Joeboo22 · Answer

You need to be a system administrator by Windows definition to have write access to System32.

mcitdir · Answer

I am and I can create the file.  What happens is it creates the file, then after 10-60 seconds the Windows File Protection system checks it and sees that it is not a valid system file and deletes it.  I have tried to put the file in the dllcache folder thinking that Windows checks it against that folder, but nothing I have tried works.  I am on Windows XP Pro, SP1.

mcitdir · Answer

I've tried to do this, but Windows File Protection prevents me from saving the file in System32.  How do you get around this?

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TM 1450: Managing the WiFi settings?

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