>Is there anyone using %P_STATION in their Novell login script to retreive the MAC address?
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>We have been using %P_STATION for this purpose for years and it has always worked well. We recently started upgrading workstations to W2K and all of a sudden %P_STATION wasn't returning the correct MAC address anymore. P_STATION now returns "000000000001" for all workstations with W2K installed.
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>We have the lates available Novell client installed (4.83).
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>Have anyone experienced simmilar hehaviour?
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>Einar

It's been some time since I've visited UT so perhaps your problem has been resolved.

I'm using W2k Pro with the 4.83 SP1 client on a NetWare 5.0 server and it works fine for me. In the login script I used the syntax:

SET STATION_ID=P_STATION

I then used the GETENV() function to retrieve the value of P_STATION and it matched the MAC address as reported by ipconfig.

I'd make sure the client has service packs installed. I've also seen some strange behaviors when logging in with a NetWare username but using the "Administrator" profile in W2k. Best to create a Windows user and profile that matches the NetWare username.

-Henry-