Contivity Client Build 1

[IMOFM]

Guys

I am trying to package up the Contivity Client 3DES 4_15 with a number of other clients (iPass dialler etc). I am using Wise for windows to create an MSI install.

However there appears to be a problem with the registry settings that the Contivity client makes. Wise uses a snapshot approach to work out what the registry settings should be i.e. you snapshot it before install - then install and snapshot it after.

Now obviously if you use the Nortel install setup.exe file it works fine I can only assume this is because it does certain things in an order which the snapshot approach misses. Does anyone have any ideas or have done this before??

Any help would be appreciated.

ImOfM

 

[GuiTech]

Not really sure about the WISE thing, but I package every client version for our company. I would assume that you would like to create a silent install for your users. I use the Install Shield strings that are packaged with the Nortel client. If you run "setup.exe -r" from the run line, you will have to answer all of the questions during installation, but this will create a setup.iss file in your C:\Winnt directory. This is the answer file for the choices you have made during installation. Move this file to your media folder. The three important files you might also include are the baynet.tbk, group.ini and setup.ini. I use the first two to set up the VPN listing in the client. The setup.ini file is used for tayloring the client settings, like turning on silent keepalives, etc. Once your configuration is complete, all you need to do is the setup.exe file with the -s switch. This will envoke a silent install and use the setup.iss file to answer the install questions. One more thing that I do is use Winbatch to script this install and create special prompts or surpress any windows that pop up which the setup.iss file doesn't handle. You will get some. I then use Install shield for the web to create a package contained within one exe.

Hope this helps.

 

[PcAddicTs]

I need to create a package for my company for the Nortel Extranet Client.
I have made a baynet.tbk and a group.ini file but have 16 different connections to make and 13 out of those have different group passwords, and 3 have the same groups and group passwords.
any ideas how to make them work?
Nortel doesnt have any information in thier docs for mutiple connections in the group.ini

 

[GuiTech]

Here is an example of the group.ini.

Just substitute the "yourpassword" with the one associated with that site.

[ProfileNames]
1=St. Paul
2=Santa Clara
3=SFA VPN
4=Hong Kong
5=Brussels
6=Tokyo
7=Dorado
8=Paris
9=Sydney
10=Temecula
[St. Paul]
GroupPW=yourpassword
NoSavePassword=1
[Santa Clara]
GroupPW=yourpassword
NoSavePassword=1
[SFA VPN]
GroupPW=yourpassword
NoSavePassword=1
[Hong Kong]
GroupPW=yourpassword
NoSavePassword=1
[Brussels]
GroupPW=yourpassword
NoSavePassword=1
[Tokyo]
GroupPW=yourpassword
NoSavePassword=1
[Dorado]
GroupPW=yourpassword
NoSavePassword=1
[Paris]
GroupPW=yourpassword
NoSavePassword=1
[Sydney]
GroupPW=yourpassword
NoSavePassword=1
[Temecula]
GroupPW=yourpassword
NoSavePassword=1

Here is an example of the baynet.tbk:

The important part of this file is to make sure the location names are exactly the same as in the group.ini. Enter the specific GroupName and IP address for that sites server and you will be good to go. If you use security tokens, here are the switches:

UseTokens TokenType
0 0. Username/password authentication type
1 1. AXENT* hardware token
1 2. Security Dynamics hardware token
0 3. Radius authentication
1 4. AXENT software token
1 5. Security Dynamics SoftID software token
0 6. Entrust certificate
0 7. Verisign certificate
0 8. (Reserved)
0 9. Microsoft CAPI stored Certificate


[St. Paul]
Description=My Companies St. Paul VPN Server
Dialup=(None)
UseTokens=1
TokenType=2
UsePAPGroup=0
GroupName=default
SavePassword=0
Server=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Username=

[Santa Clara]
Description=My Companies Santa Clara VPN Server
Dialup=(None)
UseTokens=1
TokenType=2
UsePAPGroup=0
GroupName=default
SavePassword=0
Server=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Username=

[SFA VPN]
Description=My Companies SFA VPN Server
Dialup=(None)
UseTokens=1
TokenType=2
UsePAPGroup=0
GroupName=default
SavePassword=0
Server=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Username=

[Hong Kong]
Description=My Companies Hong Kong VPN Server
Dialup=(None)
UseTokens=1
TokenType=2
UsePAPGroup=0
GroupName=default
SavePassword=0
Server=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Username=

[Brussels]
Description=My Companies Brussels VPN Server
Dialup=(None)
UseTokens=1
TokenType=2
UsePAPGroup=0
GroupName=default
SavePassword=0
Server=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Username=

[Tokyo]
Description=My Companies Tokyo VPN Server
Dialup=(None)
UseTokens=1
TokenType=2
UsePAPGroup=0
GroupName=default
SavePassword=0
Server=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Username=

[Dorado]
Description=My Companies Dorado VPN Server
Dialup=(None)
UseTokens=1
TokenType=2
UsePAPGroup=0
GroupName=default
SavePassword=0
Server=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Username=

[Paris]
Description=My Companies Paris VPN Server
Dialup=(None)
UseTokens=1
TokenType=2
UsePAPGroup=0
GroupName=default
SavePassword=0
Server=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Username=

[Sydney]
Description=My Companies Sydney VPN Server
Dialup=(None)
UseTokens=1
TokenType=2
UsePAPGroup=0
GroupName=default
SavePassword=0
Server=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Username=

[Temecula]
Description=My Companies Temecula VPN Server
Dialup=(None)
UseTokens=1
TokenType=2
UsePAPGroup=0
GroupName=default
SavePassword=0
Server=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Username=

Good Luck

GuiTech

 

[PcAddicTs]

Thanks GuiTech,
That worked perfect.
I used InstallShields PackageForTheWeb to finish the job.
PcAddicTs

 

[GuiTech]

Good deal. I use package for the web also.