Pc Naming Configuration

1.WEB REGISTER

2.FIXNAME

3.MCAFEE AGENT SETUP

ITC Training: Session 2

WEBREG

• Why use Webreg?– Take control over network infrastructure– Ease of information– Better Security

• Clients needs to contact helpdesk to connect pc to network

– Management of connecting computers– Uses DHCP to assign IP addresses ( statically

assigned )

Webreg: Requirements before a registration is made

• 1 Make sure the Client’s Tcpip settings are correctly set up for DHCP

• 2 The mac address of local network interface card (NIC)

• 3 The subnet where the PC is currently standing

• 4 The user’s network ID

Webreg: 1. Client Settings• The Tcpip Properties and under Advanced, the DNS tab

must be set up for DHCP to assign IP addresses.

Webreg: 2. Finding the Mac Adres

• 2 Ways!

1. Click on Start -> Run and type in CMD and enter

– Type in ipconfig /all and enter– The Mac Address will be the Physical

Address of the NIC

Webreg: Finding the Mac Adres (Cont.)

2. Right Click Local Area Connection under Network Connections

• Status• Support• Details

Webreg: Finding the Mac Adres (Cont.)

Webreg: Finding the Mac Adres (Cont.)

Webreg: Finding the Mac Adres (Cont.)

Webreg: Subnet and Hostname

• The Hostname is the users personnel number and this must be made available to the person that will run the Webreg program.

• The Subnet must also be known. ITC can be contacted if the Campus IT staff is unclear about the subnet assigned for the pc that needs to be webreged.

• Using the URL in IE6– https://koste.puk.ac.za/webreg

• Access is given via Novell authentication

• Following slide shows the login screen in Webreg

Webreg: Where do I find the interface?

Click on Yes

Webreg: Interface: Internet Explorer

Novell Credentials is required to log on to Web Register

Webreg: Interface: Internet Explorer

Webreg: Page Display

See Next Slide

Webreg: Description of tabs

• Hostname: = P(University Number of client)

• Mac: = NIC Physical address

• Subnet: = Where computer connects to network

• Description: = Can be left blank

• Save: = Register PC on Network

• Search: = Looking for PC on Network

Webreg: Name Conventions

• Each additional pc for the same user is registered with a “-” and then the number following (counting the number of pc’s the user has)

• Example: p10075291 is the hostname of pc1 and p10075291-2 is the hostname of the second pc of the same user.

• Very IMPORTANT!!!! ONLY the “-” is allowed apart from alphanumeric characters. As convention we use the “p” for personnel ( or “s” for students ) and then followed by the personnel/student number ( any number between 0-9 )

Webreg: Example: New Registration

Click Save

Webreg: Example: “Save” Results

Webreg: Search

• A few Search Examples– Search by Hostname and/or– By Subnet.– Use * as a wildcard in searches

Webreg: Example: Input to see all itbab* entries

Click Search

Webreg: Search Results

Webreg: How to activate IP Address

• After a new ID is saved on the Webreg site it is updated on the Nameserver & in the DHCP Leases file

• The update happens in intervals of 5 minutes• Restart the pc after you registered the PC on

webreg• In a Command Prompt verify that the pc has a

valid IP address using the Ipconfig /all command• An example of an valid IP address is as follows

143.160.*.*

Webreg: How to activate IP Address (cont)

• What to do if you don’t have a valid IP address after you rebooted the pc

• 2 Options:1. In a command prompt type in

• ipconfig /release (This releases the current Apipa ip address automatically assigned by Microsoft Windows) and ipconfig /renew (This will contact the DHCP server to verify if there is a valid IP assigned to the computers Physical Address. It will then assing a valid IP for the client pc)

Wegreg: How to activate IP Address: Option1: Ipconfig

• It is sometimes necesarry to run the ipconfig /renew command more than once, this is due to the fact that the update takes place in intervals of 5 minutes

• The following slide shows a typical ipconfig /release & ipconfig /renew instruction

Wegreg: How to activate IP Address: Option1: Ipconfig

• DHCP gives out not only the ip but all required TCPIP info: Suffixes, Gateway and DNSServeraddresses:

How to activate IP Address: Option1: “Ipconfig /all” – output

2. Repair the network connection:• Right Click Local Area Connection under

Network Connections • Status• Support• Repair (Sometimes needs to be done more

than once)

Webreg: Activate IP Address: Option 2: Repair Connection

Webreg: Activate IP Address: Option 2: Repair Connection

Webreg: Activate IP Address: Option 2: Repair Connection

Fixname

• Why?– To set the computer name as Unique– To make sure the pc and hostname are linked

– better control and for simplicity– For the sake of the Mcafee Epo server and

management of computers – it needs unique names

Fixname: Prerequisite: DNS

• Webreg must have been run for the Computer as Fixname does a nslookup and then it writes the name found for the local ip address as the computername

• To make sure please run “ipconfig /all” on the pc to be fixnamed. If the ip is in the “143.160.x.x” range the regsiter was sucessful. Ipconfig /release and Ipconfig /renew can be run if the webreg was done seconds ago – or just restart the pc if the 143.160.x.x network ip is not allocated.

Fixname: File Output

• IP Address: 143.160.34.24

• Host Name: ITBABM2

• Netbios Name: ITBABM2

• DNS Name: ITBABM2

• Always reboot the pc after this has been done and before continuing with fixagent.

Fixagent: Prerequisites

• 1. Pc must have a valid IP and hostame in DNS. Webreg must have been executed.

• 2. Fixname must have been executed so that the computername used by Mcafee to generate the Agent guid is unique

• 3. Verify by using ipconfig /all in command prompt ( for DNS ) or the “Hostname”

command ( to see the computername.)

FixAgent: Agent Issue explained

• When imaged pc’s are connected the GUID in the Registry will match that of the original pc from which the image was made. Mcafee over-writes the entry with the same guid in its database with the entry from the agent that last connected to the server. Thus only one entry exists in Mcafee for all pc’s with the same guid.

• FixAgent.exe fixes this issue.• When executed it runs in the background. Give it

a minute or two and then connect to the agent interface on the pc: http://localhost:8081 to verify the agent is running.

New / Imaged Pc setup review:

• Get the subnet,mac address and hostname and Webreg the pc.

• Use Ipconfig (or details tab via the connection properties) to see if the Ip is in the 143.160.x.x. range.

• Fixname the pc and reboot.• The hostname can be checked with the

Hostname command.• Run FixAgent. Give it a minute or two to finish in

the background. Check the localhost:8081 http URL to verify the agent is running.

Finish

• Other things to remember to check for:

• Printer installed after login to novell?

• Remedy ID ( When logged into novell and run “Requester.exe” from desktop ).

• Run Groupwise ( log into Novell and run )

• Netmeeting: Set up User ( Start, run, and type “conf” and go through the prompts )