[Radmind-users] Starting out

[Jason B. <jbe...@nl...>]

Hello all,

I've been playing with Radmind and I love the idea and my little test
setup was working great (until I messed with too many settings and it
broke).  However, I'm at a loss on how to implement this at a school or
district level.  We have about 1,600 computers across 13 buildings that
I'd like to manage.  My problem is with the authentication.

The way I see it, we have three options:

1. Static IP - This would take forever to implement and maintain to start.
 We're now getting into teacher laptops that are brought home and off the
network which would be another hassle with static IPs.

2. Hostname - If I could get it working with a .local hostname, I'd be
set... but this isn't working and I haven't seen anything mentioned on it
before.  We have Windows 2003 for DNS, but our macs don't have a hostname
on our domain.  I'm rather ignorant with DNS and willing to learn, but I
haven't found much on macs and DNS and pretty much nothing in regards to
radmind.

3. Certificates - This seems like it'd be as much of a hassle as static
IPs.  I have also been unable to create a certificate yet.

I just wish it would work with the computer's name or active directory
name... Then I'd be in business.

I'd just like to know if anyone has any suggestions on implementing
radmind in this environment.  Are most people using static ip, hostname,
or certificates?

Sorry if I sound like an idiot, I'm still rather new at this and I'm
learning as I go.

Thanks,

Jason Bennett
jbe...@nl...
New Lenox School District 122