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To generate a PCI Cards report:

1Select a computer list in the Remote Desktop window.

2Select one or more computers in the selected computer list.

3Choose Report > PCI Cards.

4Select the PCI card information desired.

5To search using new data, select Rebuild Data For Report.

6Click Get Report.

The newly generated report window appears.

Testing Network Responsiveness

Apple Remote Desktop can test network responsiveness between your administrator computer and client computers. It sends network packets to the clients and reports the time taken to receive confirmation from the clients.

You can choose how many network packets to send, how often they are sent, and how long the administrator computer waits for a reply before listing a packet as lost.

To generate a Network Test report:

1Select a computer list in the Remote Desktop window.

2Select one or more computers in the selected computer list.

3Choose Report > Network Test.

4Select the options you want.

Choose the number of packets sent from the Packets pop-up menu (Total Packets to Send).

Choose how often to send the send packets from the Interval pop-up menu (Interval Between Packets).

Choose how long to wait before reporting a packet as lost from the Time Out pop-up menu (Packet Time Out).

5Click Get Report.

The newly generated report window appears.

Evaluating the Network Test Report

You can use the Network Test report to diagnose whether task failures in Apple Remote Desktop are due to network congestion or to some other factor. You may, for example, find that a Copy Items task is failing on a particular subnet, due to network congestion on that subnet.

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