Deploy New WIFI profile

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Hi All, I am kinda new to relevance and would appreciate some guidance. I am creating a task to install a new profile on our Win7 64bit systems using following. Here is a portion of the scripts within the task:

//Add WIFI Profile
waithidden cmd.exe /C netsh wlan add profile filename="__Download\newwifiprofile.xml"

//Set New profile WIFI on top of priority list
waithidden netsh cmd.exe /C wlan set profileorder name=“newwifiprofile” interface=“Wireless Network Connection” priority=1

The action fails…
Command failed (Thread execution failed (193)) wait __Download\newwifiprofile.xml (action:15751)

Would someone please kindly take a look and let me know what I am missing?

Thank you,
Rich

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Here is the entirety of the Action script.

prefetch newwifiprofile.xml.tmp sha1:bf24943651ac543b672934cd70e19c4f39637b13 size:820 http://bigfix-files.bigixserver.com/Uploads/bf24943651ac543b672934cd70e19c4f39637b13/newwifiprofile.xml.tmp
extract newprofile.xml.tmp
wait __Download\newwifiprofile.xml

//Add WIFI Profile
waithidden cmd.exe /C netsh wlan add profile filename="__Download\newwifiprofile.xml"

//Set Newwifiprofile WIFI on top of priority list
waithidden netsh cmd.exe /C wlan set profileorder name=“newwifiprofilel” interface=“Wireless Network Connection” priority=1

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Since you’re passing the XML into a CMD command, you’ll need use client folder relevance and have the pathname output. Try this:

waithidden cmd.exe /C netsh wlan add profile filename="{pathname of client folder of current site as string & "\__Download\newwifiprofile.xml"}"

Also, I notice you have the ActionScript execute the newwifiprofile.xml file.

wait __Download\newwifiprofile.xml

I’m not sure that’s necessary to complete this particular action? What is that command accomplishing?

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Thanks! After editing the actionscript, I now get all the action lines to complete, but it still results in failed action.

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So if you were to use the CMD commands on an actual command prompt Window on an endpoint, where does it go wrong?

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It actually works fine when running it on local machine.

  1. the xml file is located on local machine
  2. I run following from cmd:
    netsh wlan add profile filename="c:\users\ryoung\desktop\newwifi\newwifiprofile.xml
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Your second command is a bit backward.

waithidden netsh cmd.exe /C wlan set profileorder name="newwifiprofilel" interface="Wireless Network Connection" priority=1

It should be this:

waithidden cmd.exe /C netsh wlan set profileorder name="newwifiprofilel" interface="Wireless Network Connection" priority=1
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Good catch! Thanks :smile: However, I had commented out that line to test the first command but same result. The lines complete but the entire action fails.

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If the lines complete, does it produce the output you wanted?

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I see both files get created in the __Download folder on local windows 7 64bit machine:

  1. newwifiprofile.xml.tmp
  2. newwifiprofile.xml

…but, netsh does not get executed to install the new wifi profile

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Is the contents of the files in the __Download folder what it’s supposed to be?

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This is where the files are dropped into.

C:\Program Files (x86)\BigFix Enterprise\BES Client_BESData\CustomSite_mycompany-2d_Windows_Client__Download

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type in above path…

here is the correct path:
C:\Program Files (x86)\BigFix Enterprise\BES Client_BESData\CustomSite_mycompany_-2d_Windows_Client__Download

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Could be that you aren’t applying the setting to the new profile you’re creating because of a typo?

name="newwifiprofilel"
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i also corrected that… to no avail.

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If the profile is being created, you should be able to see the list and see it’s been created?

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So, finally I got it working by adding the following command in Action script.

action uses wow64 redirection {not x64 of operating system}

Thanks to this reference:
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/forums/html/topic?id=77777777-0000-0000-0000-000014757141

Now to work on my relevance…

Thanks for your help!!!