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JP1 Version 12 JP1/IT Desktop Management 2 Administration Guide


7.5.27  Searching for connectable computers by using the connection list

You can use the connection list to search for computers that can be connected to within the network. Then, you can connect to and remotely control the computers found in the search.

To search for computers by using the connection list:

  1. From the menu of the Remote Controller window, select Connection List and then Change List.

  2. From the displayed connection list, select the location to create a Network icon.

    Tip

    A Network icon is an icon for which a range-of-agents search is set. For each Network icon, you can specify any range of addresses in the same subnetwork. You can repeatedly perform the searches of the same range by creating a Network icon in the connection list. You can also search for remotely controllable computers by using the Search Agents dialog box which is displayed by using the Remote Controller window.

  3. From the menu of the connection list, select File, New, and then Network.

  4. In the displayed dialog box, specify the network name and the range of the IP addresses, and then click OK.

  5. Double-click the Network icon you created.

The computer search starts, and the search progress is displayed in the Search Agents dialog box.

If you close the Search Agents dialog box after the search is completed, the computers displayed in the Computer tab of the dialog box are added as subitems of the Network icon. Note that if you click the Close button during the search, only the computers that have been found so far are added.

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Tip

Only the computers displayed on the Computer tab of the Search Agents dialog box are added to the connection list. Therefore, when the search is completed, click the icon before closing the dialog box, so that the computers to add to the connection list are displayed on the Computer tab. For example, if you want to manage the configuration of all computers on the network by using the connection list, regardless of whether the computers can be connected to, you need to select all computers that are in the statuses from waiting for a connection to no response. Conversely, if you only want to add the computers that can be currently connected to, select only the computers in the status of waiting for a connection.

Note that the computers found in a search are temporarily displayed as search results, so they are not saved as data. The computer information disappears when the connection list is closed. If you want to save the information of the computers found in a search, you need to drag and drop the computers to another group. The computers are treated as the computers on the connection list after being moved to a group, and the computer names and descriptions can be changed.