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  • 1.  Location change by client MAC address

    Posted May 10, 2010 07:19 PM
    ALL,
    I'm hoping to assign a location to a computer based on the computers local MAC address or maybe computer name?


  • 2.  RE: Location change by client MAC address

    Posted May 11, 2010 12:51 AM
    It is not possible.can you tell us what is the exact requirement of you?


  • 3.  RE: Location change by client MAC address

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted May 11, 2010 12:58 AM

    REfer the admin guide for the conditions for adding the location?


    To add a location with a wizard

    1 In the console, click Clients.

    2 On the Clients page, under ViewClients, select the group for which you want

    to add one or more locations.

    3 On the Policies tab, uncheck Inherit policiesandsettingsfromparentgroup

    "group name".

    You can add locations only to groups that do not inherit policies from the

    parent group.

    4 Under Tasks, click Add Location.

    5 In the Welcome to the Add Location Wizard panel, click Next.

    6 In the SpecifyLocationName panel, type a name and description for the new

    location, and click Next.

    7 In the SpecifyaCondition panel, select any of the following conditions under

    which a client switches from one location to another:

    Managing a group's locations

    Adding a location with a wizard

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    Select this option so that the client can choose this

    location if multiple locations are available.

    No specific condition

    Select this option so that the client can choose this

    location if its IP address is included in the specified

    range. You must specify both the start IP address and

    end IP address.

    IP address range

    Select this option so that the client can choose this

    location if its subnet mask and subnet address are

    specified.

    Subnet address and subnet

    mask

    Select this option so that the client can choose this

    location if it connects to the specified DNS server.

    DNS server

    Select this option so that the client can choose this

    location if it connects to the specified domain name

    and DNS resolve address.

    Client can resolve host name

    Select this option so that the client can choose this

    location if it connects to the specified management

    server.

    Client can connect to

    management server

    Select this option so that the client can choose this

    location if it connects to the specified type of

    networking connection. The client switches to this

    location when using any of the following connections:

    Any networking

    Dial-up networking

    Ethernet

    Wireless

    Check Point VPN-1

    Cisco VPN

    Microsoft PPTP VPN

    Juniper NetScreen VPN

    Nortel Contivity VPN

    SafeNet SoftRemote VPN

    Aventail SSL VPN

    Juniper SSL VPN

    Network connection type

    8 Click Next.

    9 In the Add Location Wizard Complete panel, click Finish



  • 4.  RE: Location change by client MAC address

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted May 11, 2010 01:04 AM

    cannot add using MAC or Hostname. conditions for location are

    1) IP address range
    2) Subnet address and subnet mask
    3) No specific condition
    4) DNS server
    5) Client can resolve host name
    6) Client can connect to management server
    7) Network connection type