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:
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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.
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Custom description - this is your own description of host
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Image online - bmp or gif image of current theme to be displayed in visual map
mode when host is online
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Image offline - bmp or gif image of current theme to be displayed in visual map
mode when host is offline
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Enable NETBIOS - this option controls whethet netview should use NETBIOS
requests to find resources on computer
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Enable FTP active mode - this option controls whether netview should use FTP
active mode requests
when to resources on computer
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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)
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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
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Alert on online - raise alert if host state changed from offline to
online. Alert event can be used by plug-ins such as Alerter.
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Alert on offline - raise alert if host state changed from online to
offline.
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Align to grid - align host position to Visual Map grid
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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.
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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
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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.
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Override global recheck setings - enables individual recheck settings for
host
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Use ping - recheck host using ping with individual retries count and
timout value in msec, even if in Preferences port recheck is enabled.
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Use TCP port - recheck host using port scan to individual port number,
even if in Preferences ping recheck is enabled.
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Dynamic IP - this option forces NetView to resolve host's IP on every
recheck.
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Static host - this option tells NetView do not change host's name and IP
automatically
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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)
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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
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