Editing host


Appears at choice Edit, Add in the contextual menu. Allows to set a name, IP the address and the additional comment for a computer. As there is an opportunity of automatic definition of the IP address by known name of host and a name of host by known IP (resolving). If host has no IP address - leave this field empty. Note that all computers should have diferent hostnames and if IPs are not empty they should be different too!

 

General settings:

  • Hostlist - hostlist where host is placed. You can move host to another hostlist by changing this string. You can also move host to a new hostlist by entering here name of the new hostlist and it will be created.

  • Custom description - this is your own description of host

  • Image online - bmp or gif image of current theme to be displayed in visual map mode when host is online

  • Image offline - bmp or gif image of current theme to be displayed in visual map mode when host is offline

  • Enable NETBIOS - this option controls whethet netview should use NETBIOS requests to find resources on computer

  • Enable  FTP active mode - this option controls whether netview should use FTP active mode requests when to resources on computer

  • Enable  FTP passive mode - this option controls whether netview should use FTP passive mode requests when to resources on computer (passive mode can solve some problems with firewalls)

  • Recheck - enable recheck of host. If not enabled host will not be checked. Note that you shuld disable this option if you wish to enabled changing state of this host by linkages

  • Alert on online - raise alert if host state changed from offline to online. Alert event can be used by plug-ins such as Alerter.

  • Alert on offline - raise alert if host state changed from online to offline.

  • Align to grid - align host position to Visual Map grid

  • Link lines - when moving host on Visual Map all lines which ends on the hosts will be moved with it. This mode can me temporary toggled when moving with pressed Shift key.

  • Visible on visual map only - this  option usefull for such devices as hub, printers, switch, if you dan't want to see them in list or detatiled view modes

 

Advanced settings

  • Skip N global timer rechecks after every recheck - this option enables you to set individual recheck interval for any host. Recheck will occurs only after every N timer rechecks.

  • Override global recheck setings - enables individual recheck settings for host

  • Use ping - recheck host using ping with individual retries count and timout value in msec, even if in Preferences port recheck is enabled.

  • Use TCP port - recheck host using port scan to individual port number, even if in Preferences ping recheck is enabled.

  • Dynamic IP - this option forces NetView to resolve host's IP on every recheck.

  • Static host - this option tells NetView do not change host's name and IP automatically

  • Default user\password - username and password to be used to connect to host by NETBIOS and by FTP. If not set than default login will be used. (windows login for NETBIOS and anonymous for FTP)

  • Open command - you can specify custom command to perfom on doubleclick on host. Also it is possible to open only hostlist on doubleclick - just enter here hostlist://hostlistname. Next wildcards allowed: %HOSTNAME% - hostname, %HOSTIP% - host's IP address,  %HOST%- hostname or host's IP depend on current flobal settings, %USER%, %PASS% - specified user and password. Other special commands and be entered here: "edit","recheck", "retrace" - for edit, recheck or retrace host by double click. Id you wish to start executable enter here something like "exec:telnet.exe %HOSTNAME%". If you wish that some hostlist will opens by double-click on host type here "hostlist:yourhostlistname". Also it is possible to notify plugins and scripts about host double-click: enter here string like "hostmsg:123" - on doubleclick on such host NetView sends notification message NMPN_GETRESLIST, with wParam set to specified integer (123), lParam set to host's id.

 

Linkages

  • Specify here other host to link this host to them. This host will be online while any of the specified here hosts is online. This host will be offline if all specified here hosts are offline. Note that linakes works when  Recheck option on the General settings page is disabled.


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