Auto Unattend - connect to wireless?

[Decimas6]

Hi,

 

Hoping someone can help, I've implemented an unattend file for our deployment images, but one annoyance is connecting to the WiFi, nearly everything else is 0 click and I'd like to implement this is possible, but everything I'm searching for is telling me how to hide wireless during set up, not auto connect.

 

We currently use GPO and reboot with a cable in, but I'd like it to be all in one.

 

Thanks

[Davit2005]

We use Radius here so is simply matter of imaging and making sure the laptop is in the correct OU, restart and that works perfectly.

[dhicks]

I've implemented an unattend file for our deployment images, but one annoyance is connecting to the WiFi

 

We add a wireless profile via a command line - we actually add this at the end of our software install script, but it should run equally well as a scripted task from unattend.xml:

 

netsh wlan add profile filename=WiFi.xml interface=Wi-Fi

 

And the WiFi.xml file:

 

WiFi

	
		6B512A54604663
		WiFiNetworkNameGoesHere
	

ESS
auto

	
		
			WPA2PSK
			AES
			false
		
		
			passPhrase
			false
			PutYourPasswordHere
		
	

[Decimas6]

We add a wireless profile via a command line - we actually add this at the end of our software install script, but it should run equally well as a scripted task from unattend.xml:

 

netsh wlan add profile filename=WiFi.xml interface=Wi-Fi

 

And the WiFi.xml file:

 

   WiFi
   
       
           6B512A54604663
           WiFiNetworkNameGoesHere
       
   
   ESS
   auto
   
       
           
               WPA2PSK
               AES
               false
           
           
               passPhrase
               false
               PutYourPasswordHere
           
       
   

 

 

Thanks, I've got our wireless profile and I found https://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/cc722359(v=ws.10).aspx which sounds like something I'm looking for. I'm not sure how to tie it all together now though. This is what I have, but I don't really want to put a plain text password in there. Any thoughts?

 

RunSynchronous>
  
     
        MyDomain
        MyPassword
        MyUsername
     
     MySynchCommand1
     1
     \\network\server\share\wireless.xml
     False
  

[dhicks]

Thanks, I've got our wireless profile and I found https://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/cc722359(v=ws.10).aspx which sounds like something I'm looking for. I'm not sure how to tie it all together now though. This is what I have, but I don't really want to put a plain text password in there.

 

You don't want to put a plaintext wireless password in your wireless.xml file? I don't know offhand if you can put encoded passwords in there, it'd be something to look up. Can you not restrict access to wireless.xml to just the user that's running the install / setup process?

[Decimas6]

You don't want to put a plaintext wireless password in your wireless.xml file? I don't know offhand if you can put encoded passwords in there, it'd be something to look up. Can you not restrict access to wireless.xml to just the user that's running the install / setup process?

 

I meant having to put an admin password in there for the domain the authorise the share access to use the wireless.xml

[dhicks]

I meant having to put an admin password in there for the domain the authorise the share access to use the wireless.xml

 

Does whatever system you're using to boot and install the Windows image from not allow you to put a password in in encrypted form? We install from a PXE boot image, with a password for an admin account stored in encrypted form server-side.

[Decimas6]

Does whatever system you're using to boot and install the Windows image from not allow you to put a password in in encrypted form? We install from a PXE boot image, with a password for an admin account stored in encrypted form server-side.

 

 

Just using WDS at the minute to capture with all software, and deployed with an unattend file. I guess what I'm lacking at the minute is, how do I tell my unattend file to use my wirelessprofile.xml?

 

The code I posted previously, you have to enter domain admin credentials to the unattend. When "netsh wlan add profile filename=\\network\server\share\Wirelessprofile.xml interface=Wi-Fi" is run, it needs domain authorisation to access the actual wirelessprofile.xml.

 

Unless I am missing something?

[dhicks]

I guess what I'm lacking at the minute is, how do I tell my unattend file to use my wirelessprofile.xml?

 

Could you place unattend.xml in the NETLOGON share? It would then be accesible to any domain-joined machine (not sure how secure you need your wireless password to be).