Vista weirdness

Lately we've been having more and more users in with Vista
laptops of various brands.



They want to authenticate to our network (using
Perfigo/LDAP), but despite getting a connection, can't
authenticate in the library.



What is weird is that they can anywhere else on campus.  As
far as we can tell there is nothing different about the
setup of our APs than any others on campus.



We're stumped, and at least so far the  campus IT Network
guys are too.



Anyone ever seen anything like this?  And, yes, they want to
get on the library website, and to databases, etc, so trust
this is relevant.



It's not what you take when you leave this world behind
you;

it's what you leave behind you when you go.



danriverofdata.com

Dan Lester, Boise, Idaho, USA
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Is it a Novell-based network?

If so, then there is no version of the Novell app
launcher/login/etc. that 
supports Vista as yet.  This could be the problem.

I run Vista Business with no problems over both wireless and
a Windows 
network (duh) , but have no access to our wider campus
network due to the 
above Novell problems.

Richard
Digital Technology Consultant
Electronic Resources & Information Technology
University Libraries, UNC Greensboro
http://library.uncg.edu/




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Lately we've been having more and more users in with Vista
laptops of 
various brands.



They want to authenticate to our network (using
Perfigo/LDAP), but despite 
getting a connection, can't authenticate in the library. 



What is weird is that they can anywhere else on campus.  As
far as we can 
tell there is nothing different about the setup of our APs
than any others 
on campus.



We're stumped, and at least so far the  campus IT Network
guys are too.



Anyone ever seen anything like this?  And, yes, they want to
get on the 
library website, and to databases, etc, so trust this is
relevant.

 

It's not what you take when you leave this world behind
you;

it's what you leave behind you when you go.



danriverofdata.com

Dan Lester, Boise, Idaho, USA
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This isn't directly on point, but Vista does handle
networking differently.
We have recently launched an SSL VPN service.  Normally,
when you connect to
the service from off campus, all of your traffic routes
through the campus
VPN, no matter if you're going to Youtube or guardian.co.uk.
 Under Vista,
traffic not destined for campus is routed directly to the
off-campus
domain.  There are arguments both ways for this behavior,
but it is a
departure from how earlier versions of Windows -- and just
about everything
else -- handles routing.

On 6/29/07, Dan Lester <danriverofdata.com> wrote:
>
> Lately we've been having more and more users in with
Vista laptops of
> various brands.
>
>
>
> They want to authenticate to our network (using
Perfigo/LDAP), but despite
> getting a connection, can't authenticate in the
library.
>
>
>
> What is weird is that they can anywhere else on campus.
 As far as we can
> tell there is nothing different about the setup of our
APs than any others
> on campus.
>
>
>
> We're stumped, and at least so far the  campus IT
Network guys are too.
>
>
>
> Anyone ever seen anything like this?  And, yes, they
want to get on the
> library website, and to databases, etc, so trust this
is relevant.
>
>
>
> It's not what you take when you leave this world behind
you;
>
> it's what you leave behind you when you go.
>
>
>
> danriverofdata.com
>
> Dan Lester, Boise, Idaho, USA
> _______________________________________________
> Web4lib mailing list
> Web4libwebjunction.org
> http://lists.we
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