Organizing Client Computers Into

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Computer Lists

Apple Remote Desktop uses lists of client computers to logically organize the client computers under your control. Connecting to client computers on the network and adding them to your list is necessary to administer them.

This chapter describes finding clients and organizing them into lists for Apple Remote Desktop administration and user interaction. You can learn about:

“Finding and Adding Clients to Apple Remote Desktop Computer Lists” on page 49

“Making and Managing Lists” on page 53

“Importing and Exporting Computer Lists” on page 56

Finding and Adding Clients to Apple Remote Desktop Computer Lists

Before you can audit, control, or maintain any client, you need to add it to an Apple Remote Desktop computer list. To find computers that aren’t on the local subnet, your local network’s routers and firewalls must be properly configured to pass network “pings,” and TCP/UDP packets on ports 3283 and 5900.

Remote Desktop has four different methods for discovering possible clients: searching the local networks, searching a range of IP addresses, using a specific IP address or domain name, and importing a list of IP addresses. Once you have found a potential client, you see the following default information:

Search column

Description

(none)

Displays a small icon indicating whether the computer is already in the

 

Master List.

 

 

(none)

Displays a small icon showing what kind of access the client is capable of.

 

See “Client Status Icons” on page 161.

 

 

Name

The name given to the computer in the Sharing pane of System

 

Preferences.

 

 

IP Address

The computer’s IP address, if any.

 

 

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