Force Client Deployment on metered network
We have several users who are ALWAYS on metered networks and will never get client updates.
The client deployment currently does not honour the option "Client Setting - Specify how clients communicate on metered network connections".
We need an option to override it for manual client deployment / update as well. (Force install checkbox doesn't work)
Setting the connection to "not metered" in Windows 8.1/10 doesn't work when a 3rd party connection software is used and doesn't work at all for TCT Mobile LTE sticks so this is not a solution.
Christoph von Wittich
shared this idea
This functionality is now shipped in #configmgr 2010.
17 comments
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Chris Roberts
commented
Here we are in 2021 and this is still an issue. For me it is all ETHERNET connected devices that either the user or the OS has unnecessarily set to metered connection. None of our computers should be on a metered connection and I am unable to upgrade the SCCM client on any of these machines.
We have 50k computers and I am not about to RDP to each one of these computers that are effected. I don't even have a way to add all of the computers that are set to metered LAN connection to a collection to identify them. I am connecting to their ccmsetup.log and looking that way. -
Torsten
commented
> This functionality is now shipped in #configmgr 2010
What is the difference to the feature that is already part of version 2006?
https://docs.microsoft.com/de-de/mem/configmgr/core/plan-design/changes/whats-new-in-version-2006
"Install and upgrade the client on a metered connection"
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Mads Perschke
commented
I don't understand the logic behind this....
The agent upgrade (or installation) is blocked while on metered connections, but subsequent deployments (which could mean vast amounts of data being transferred) is just OK by the Configuration Manager agent?
What's logical about that?
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Brandon
commented
for those that are stuck here a quick workaround. if they are on a vpn and you have connectivity to them you can make powershell script to iterate through the machines you have issues on and use powershells Invoke-Command or Enter-PSSession to issue these netsh commands to the client to set them temporarily or permanatly from metered connection to unrestricted connection.
use either
(Wi-Fi)
netsh wlan show profiles
or
(Cellular Mobile Broadband)
netsh mbn show profilesfind the profile with the cost that says fixed or variable
then use these commands to set as unrestricted. then sccm deploy will work. just remember, this may increase cellular data costs.(Wi-Fi)
netsh wlan set profileparameter name="name" cost=Unrestricted
or
(Mobile broadband)
netsh mbn set profileparameter name="name" cost=Unrestrictedwhen your done you can set it back to cost=Fixed
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Javier Orlando
commented
Friends, why my PCs all Fridays at 00:00 lost my 500 PCs.
In my Company we have 1800 PCs, but The Fridays at 00:00 lost th approximately 500 PCs, how repair this issue.
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Anonymous
commented
Hello, has this feature been implemented by chance? With the current work from home needs due to the COVID-19 virus, this will affect a good number of devices where employees have no choice but to use metered connections.
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Matt Richards commented
This causes huge problems for us. With thousands of law enforcement machines on metered connections in vehicles. Unacceptable.
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92d4-ad940dc7a333
commented
Why isn't this fixed ?
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Ivan Kruger
commented
We are experiencing the same behaviour, In Windows 10 1709, a user can set the Ethernet connection to a Metered connection. There is no GPO to prevent this. Once set the SCCM Client cannot install, As soon as it is removed, which you can only do from the OS the client installs without a error.
This seems to be a major issue, as there is no way for a admin to control the users from doing this, and once set a admin needs to do a RDP session to remove.
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Dennis Abbott
commented
This WMI setting is marked as Read-Write but it does not work, the provider comes back and says it is not-writeable.
set-wmiinstance -class ccm_NetworkSettings -namespace root\ccm\clientsdk -Argument @{MeteredNetworkUsage=0}
set-wmiinstance : Provider is not capable of the attempted operation
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [Set-WmiInstance], ManagementException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : SetWMIManagementException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SetWmiInstanceEven checking the property with get-cimclass confirms that the ReadOnly flag is not there, this is not working as expected. Fixing this would make an easy solution.
$a = get-cimclass -class ccm_NetworkSettings -namespace root\ccm\clientsdk
$a.CimclassProperties['MeteredNetworkUsage']Name : MeteredNetworkUsage
Value :
CimType : UInt32
Flags : Property, NullValue
Qualifiers : {}
ReferenceClassName : -
Phil Chatham
commented
we still can't update the latest client to our mobile laptop estate!
we really need a way to allow our client to be upgraded! -
Phil Chatham
commented
Thanks for the workaround - I don't think you can set this property?
I have followed the documentation but cannot change to '0'
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj885733.aspx
if you can shed any light or post an example? -
Bea
commented
For workaround you need to change locally the value of CCM_NetworkSettings locally on client to allow metered connection to be assigned and get the client settings policy
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Chris Allison
commented
We have exactly the same issue, our devices are permanently on a metered connection and will never receive the upgraded client - please help!!
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Phil Chatham
commented
This would be so Usefull!!
We have so many mobile only devices...
We can allow deployments via the Client settings - but we can never get the client upgraded or repaired even when specifying a local /source
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Phil Chatham
commented
This would be so Usefull!!
We have so many mobile only devices...
We can allow deployments via the Client settings - but we can never get the client upgraded or repaired even when specifying a local /source
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Nishan Gonsalkorale
commented
I know this was nearly a year ago, but did you ever figure this out?
My problem is maybe the other way around, but the behaviour i'm seeing doesn't really make sense!
I have machines that are sometimes on a metered connection. All deployments are 'required'. According to what I've read (and since tested) when I set the client settings to 'Limit' it allows all deployments when they've reached their deadline! Well, that's all of ours, so what's the point in the tick box in deployments that states that it allows deployment on metered connection when deadline is reached...it always would!?
I'm struggling to get metered connection clients to receive SCEP definitions and occasional patches through Direct Access and yet deny all the rest unless they're connected locally to the LAN...