Apple Remote Desktop - Finding Clients by Network Address; Finding Clients by File Import

Finding Clients by Network Address
If you know the IP address or fully qualied domain name of a computer, you can use
that IP address or domain name to add the computer to your All Computers list.
To add a specic address immediately to the All Computers list
1 Select the All Computers list.
2 Choose File > Add by Address.
3 Enter the IP address or fully qualied domain name.
4 Enter the user name and password.
5 Click the Advanced Options disclosure triangle.
6 If the client computer uses Network Address Translation (NAT), enter the public ports
that are mapped to the client in the Remote Management Port and the Screen Sharing
Port elds.
7 Choose whether to verify the name and password before adding it to the All
Computers list.
8 Click Add.
Alternatively, use the scanner to try an address or domain name and check availability
before attempting to add it to the All Computers list.
To search for a specic address
1 Select a scanner at the left of the Remote Desktop window.
2 Select Network Address.
3 Enter the IP address or fully qualied domain name in the Address eld.
4 Click the Refresh button.
If the client responds successfully, it is listed in the Remote Desktop window.
5 Select the desired computers.
6 Drag the selected computers to the All Computers list.
7 Authenticate by providing a user name and password for an Apple Remote Desktop
administrator.
The computer is now in your All Computers list.
Finding Clients by File Import
You can import a list of computers into Apple Remote Desktop by importing a le
listing the computers’ IP addresses. The list can be in text or spreadsheet le format
and must contain either IP addresses or fully qualied domain names (such as
foo.example.com).
56 Chapter 4 Organizing Client Computers into Computer Lists