Anyone know how to disable Ad Hoc mode in Windows XP?

[JackBurton]

Where in the local group policy can you disbale Ad Hoc mode? I've looked all over and can't find how to do it through GP.

 

[ktwebb]

Highly unlikely there is a GP to disable Ad Hoc mode on a wireless client card. Possible I suppose if the GP was doing in on the zero confi utility. It is a part of windows of course but it's hard for me to imagine MS would create a admin template that would define Ad Hoc mode specifically.

 

[SaintTigurius]

adhoc is a setting on ur wireless card, that when set to adhoc u can transfer files from one wireless NIC card to another wirless nic card, if u have it enabled and using WinXP, network connectiong, right clikc on the wireless one, wireless network tab , click advanced and change it back to infrastructure

 

[JackBurton]

Originally posted by: SaintTigurius
adhoc is a setting on ur wireless card, that when set to adhoc u can transfer files from one wireless NIC card to another wirless nic card, if u have it enabled and using WinXP, network connectiong, right clikc on the wireless one, wireless network tab , click advanced and change it back to infrastructure

SaintTigurius, I'm fully aware of what Ad Hoc is and how to enable it. I just need to configure a machine preferably through GP that will keep users from setting up their wireless card to Ad Hoc mode. Now if you know how to do that, please let me know. I'll be much appreciative. Thanks.

 

[JackMDS]

A long Shot since it is for Windows server 2003: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/docu...rd/proddocs/en-us/add_prefnet_inGP.asp

Look at the side Menu of the page there is more on the topic on other pages.

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[JackBurton]

Originally posted by: JackMDS
A long Shot since it is for Windows server 2003: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/docu...rd/proddocs/en-us/add_prefnet_inGP.asp

Look at the side Menu of the page there is more on the topic on other pages.

:sun:

Thanks JackMDS. But apparently I'm retarded, because I can't find the Wireless Network (IEEE 802.11) Policies section in gpedit. Do I need to do something to add that entry?

 

[ktwebb]

Sweet. Guess it makes sense though with the proliferation of WLAN's.

 

[JackMDS]

Originally posted by: JackBurton
But apparently I'm retarded

LOL. The cutting point for Borderline Intelligence is IQ 80. So if you score bellow 80 IQ points you might be in trouble. However I think it is pretty obvious to assume that your score is well above 100 IQ (100 IQ is the average universal Normal).

In any case as I posted above it is a? Long Shot?. I knew that this is available in Windows2003, but as of now I did not Yet use this specific setting my self, and I do not have a Windows2003 server at the location that I am in this week.

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[VirtualLarry]

Wouldn't it be easier to set some ACLs on the network card's properties/settings altogether, to keep the user from changing any of the settings? That would seem to be the most straightforward solution to the problem; you don't want users to be able to spoof the MAC or IP of a server on the LAN either, do you? (Which they could easily do by changing network-card settings.)