Wireless imaging questions

[Gaz]

Up until now our networks have been 99% wired so imaging has never been an issue, just plug them all into the network and distribute the images via FOG. In our new build we are going to be 99% wireless, the devices I'm looking at will have ethernet so I can plug them into the network, but if for some chance they don't have ethernet then how would I go about imaging 70 devices that only have wireless network interfaces?

 

Thanks in advance.

[robyholmes]

Up until now our networks have been 99% wired so imaging has never been an issue, just plug them all into the network and distribute the images via FOG. In our new build we are going to be 99% wireless, the devices I'm looking at will have ethernet so I can plug them into the network, but if for some chance they don't have ethernet then how would I go about imaging 70 devices that only have wireless network interfaces?

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Normally any device without a ethernet connection will have a optional extra 'USB to Ethernet Adapter'. However make sure it supports PXE boot not all of them do. Otherwise you'll need to use a offline image from a HDD, I know MDT/WDS suports this method but not sure about FOG.

[Gaz]

Yeah I don't really wanna have to buy loads of those devices. So basically the only way is via a HDD or ethernet? Thats good to know then. Thanks.

[2ilent8cho]

The only systems i know of that can network boot over wireless are Apple Mac's , i've never seen PXE work over WiFi.

[sted]

in THEORY with windows pe you might be able to get it booted from a pen drive and set up the wifi (assuming driversetcand knowledge of command line) and image as once booted ignoring pxe a network is a network but i have not tried it and i cant imagine it would be faster than using hdd/pen drives to store the images or buying a dozen usb nics and doing them it batches

[Gaz]

in THEORY with windows pe you might be able to get it booted from a pen drive and set up the wifi (assuming driversetcand knowledge of command line) and image as once booted ignoring pxe a network is a network but i have not tried it and i cant imagine it would be faster than using hdd/pen drives to store the images or buying a dozen usb nics and doing them it batches

 

Yeah that looks like it would be more work than I'd like. xD

[sted]

Yeah that looks like it would be more work than I'd like. xD

if they already boot at least with mdt you can start the task sequence in windows but not sure at what point it does the data transfer before or after reboot if it does the file transfer to a temp location then installs from local source that might work no idea about fog though