Disallowing ad hoc networks

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I have a network with 50 Tablet PC's. Some of the users have turned on
an ad hoc network and I would like to find a way to turn it off and
prevent them from turning it back on. Is there a way I can do this
with a registry setting, command line, or vb script?

The users need to have wireless networking enabled, I just don't want
them to be able to create an ad hoc network.

Thanks

 

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Support was added to Windows XP Service Pack 1 for Group Policy on 802.1x.
If your machines are members of a Windows Domain you can set this using
Active Directory Group Policy.

See the following Cable Guy article

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/columns/cableguy/cg0703.mspx

Craig Clark
Windows Networking

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"Ken Bramlette" <bravesman95.nospam@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>I have a network with 50 Tablet PC's. Some of the users have turned on
> an ad hoc network and I would like to find a way to turn it off and
> prevent them from turning it back on. Is there a way I can do this
> with a registry setting, command line, or vb script?
>
> The users need to have wireless networking enabled, I just don't want
> them to be able to create an ad hoc network.
>
> Thanks