[windows2000] Re: remotely get network settings on Win2k machines
- From: "Chris Berry" <compjma@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 16:10:33 -0700
From: "Brian Anderson" <BAnderson@xxxxxxxxxx>
I've been tasked with getting some network settings off a sample of
machines across a statewide WAN. The machines are all win2k, set up with
static IP addresses in an NT4 domain. There's about 30 that I have to get.
The main thing I'm looking for is what the default gateway setting is for
each box (I already have the IP addresses). This is on a client's network,
so I don't really have access to every resource.
Is there a command line method that I might be able to do this? I can't
think of anything other than ipconfig, but I can't seem to find any
switches that would allow for remote polling.
or am I out of luck and will have to call each one of these users and walk
them thru it?
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Ok, now that I'm done bitching, here's how you solve your problem. The
default gateway settings are stored in the Registry (like just about
everything else) and you can use your standard remote registry management
tools to extract what you need. The relevant key should look something like
this:
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\{some
long hex code identifying your adapter}
And you want the value of:
DefaultGateway
My recommendation is to slap together a quick perl script that uses your
favorite remote registry tool to dump the entire contents of the interfaces
key to a text file named the same as the computer it came from, then have it
loop through all the computers on your list. You could write something
fancy to get closer than that, but with only 30 workstations it's probably
not worth the hassle.
Chris Berry
compjma@xxxxxxxxxxx
Systems Administrator
JM Associates
"We are successful when our bosses wonder what it is we do all day." -- Tim
Mullen
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