Ghost Solution Suite

Hi,

I am using a Laptop with GSS 2.5 11.5.1.2266 to change a computer's static IP address. I linked one of the NIC card to my laptop's ethernet port.

My problem is that it changes only one of my NIC cards, but it does not change the address of the one that's connected to a network. (Laptop's ethernet port)

I tried changing the default configuration parameters via Machine group.
I also tried setting a configuration template and applying the range of static IP addresses. Only one NIC card static IP address changed.

I'm not entirely sure I understand your question and your configuration from the description given.

Also - why are you using Ghost to change a static IP address?  Is this part of a build process or image deployment?

Would it not be so much easier to just go into Control Panel and change the static IP addresses from there?  Bear in mind that this will require a reboot of the machine once done.

I can't use Control Panel because this is a development process to deploy an image to a bunch of computers in a different environment. In addition my employer wants it this way.
 

I have one Laptop (Possessing GSS) and a Desktop (Client) connected to a network via ethernet. The Desktop has 2 network adapters that I need to configure. (Static IP Address) For some reason, Ghost only changes one of the two network adapter address, which is always the one that's not connected to the laptop.

This is a strange use case, as it's manual what ever you do right?

How do you know what IP addresses to assisgn to each NIC btw? If you have to keep a table for this, it sounds like a DHCP server where you register the MAC-to-IP relationship is the way to go.

GSS3 is a tool for deploying images and software to computers. It's not the best tool for managing IP address allocations.

Having said that, you can create a job where you store the MAC-IP relationships and then set the IP address data from that, but that's pretty cumbersome.

The IP addresses are specific for the placement of the computers, but they get replaced frequently. I thought of this solution, but I am not sure if it's possible nor if the feature exist. If I could somehow change the remaining NIC's ip address with a command line script. Is it possible to deploy an image and have it run a command line script after it reimages?

"Having said that, you can create a job where you store the MAC-IP relationships and then set the IP address data from that, but that's pretty cumbersome."

How would I do that?

I am very new to this software. Sorry for any nooby questions! In addition, an explanation like I am an alien would be very helpful!

Thanks in advance!

First, I would like to emphasise that DHCP is the answer to this problem. It provides one, standards compliant, place where you can maange the relationshiip between your Mac Addresses and IPs. Some managers don't like DHCP as they believe this means that anyone can get any address on their network. This is not neccissarily true -DHCP is entirely configurable. You can have it configured the 'easy' way to serve any machine an address from an IP Pool, but you can also configure it to only assign fixed addresses to specific adapters.

For the 'cumbersome' scripts I mentioned to configure IPs, take a look at this Microsoft Technet blog,

https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/craigf/2010/08/27/how-to-set-a-static-ip-address-and-rename-a-nic-based-on-a-known-mac-address

Note that if you don't have DHCP in your environment, you also lose out of a major imaging mechanism -the PXE boot. The standards PXE is based on (that are built into network bootable NIC firmware) requries a DHCP server to operate.