Diconneting wireless networks when connected to local domain

I need to make sure that my users are not connected to any wireless
networks when connected to my local wired network. I was hoping Group
Policy had a way to disable network adapters or maybe something else that
would get the job done. Any ideas?

My Domain Controllers are Windows Server 2003. My laptops are Windows XP
Pro SP2.

Thanks, Jason

 

Hi Jason,

Have you looked at the Wireless Policy Extension in Windows 2003 Server?

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

 

The ability to block wireless access to machines connected to your domain is
not a feature of Wireless Group Policy. Currently this feature can
configure wireless settings for domain members on a per SSID basis but it
does not prohibit users from adding another wireless network to the list and
connecting to that network

 

Thanks Jim, that's what I was afraid of.

Does anyone have any ideas of a script that could disable the wireless
network adapter when they login and then enable it when they logoff?

 

This is a tough one since there are a number of third party services and
applications that can be used for wireless connectivity and a few devices
that don't identify themselves as wireless to the OS. You could disable the
Windows Wireless Zero Configuration Service at login and then enable it at
login. "Net stop wzcsvc" then "Net start wzcsvc". This would prevent users
who are not local admins from using Windows wireless. This would not block
third party wireless nor would it prevent local administrators from starting
the service.