[02/03] Need some help with starting a project

[r1chyb]

Hi, i'd like to explain my idea and reason for the project and if you could give me ideas on how to impliment it that would be great.

Ok so my situation at the moment is i work in a school that has given out over 100 pc's and all with wireless internet connection connecting back to our school. All the machines have been pre configured with IP address, Subnet Mask, Gateway, Address and also the proxy server and port.

The problem im having is there are some kids who are messing around with settings and loosing the network connection, what i want to do is create a exe file or a program where by it takes all the information stored in a database or somewhere with all the relivant information, so if some1 comes to me and says oh iv done something to my internet connection can you please sort it out for me i can search a db find the address click a button and it will create a exe file or batch file so i can then give that to the student and say run that when you get home and it will reset all of your settings..

I hope i have given you enough information. Any ideas of where to start will be great.

[mendhak]

Is the information that is to be placed in the batch file going to vary from laptop to laptop? If it is the same for all laptops, just create the .bat file and give it to them when they need it.

If it is not the same, then start by organizing the information. How are the laptops grouped and what settings would you use for each group? Then store that in your database and create a front end windows form application. The windows form application should allow you to enter, say, the laptop name or student name or laptop group or whatever it is you're using to organize the laptops.

Click the button, create a connection, and query the database. Once you get the values back from the database, populate a templated batch file with the configurable values that you need and have it write the file out.

So I suppose the first part would be to make the batch file and see if you need to determine an organizational structure for this information.