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==IP discovery==
==IP discovery==
IP discovery feature allow OCS Inventory NG to discover all network connected devices on the network. For this, Communication server asks a number of most “active” computers running OCS Inventory NG agent to scan for MAC addresses in their sub network at each run. See Section 7 in the internal OCS help file.
IP discovery feature allow OCS Inventory NG to discover all network connected devices on the network. For this, Communication server asks a number of most “active” computers running OCS Inventory NG agent to scan for MAC addresses in their sub network at each run. See Section 7 in the internal OCS help file.
===Modifying default behaviour===
You may want to override the default IP Discovery behaviour.
To force a computer to ipdiscover, simply open its inventory. Click on ''Customization'' icon and ''update'' the ipdiscover behaviour.
[[Image:OCS-ipdiscover-step1.png]]<br>
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Now choose the IP of selected computer and save your changes.
[[Image:OCS-ipdiscover-step2.png]]<br>
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You should now see your modifications.
[[Image:OCS-ipdiscover-step3.png]]<br>
At this point, ipdiscover will run next time with the agent!
'''Manually launch the inventory to force ipdiscover''' or wait a day for the next inventory.
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===Adding networks and devices categories===
Now click on ''Security'' and go to ''Config''
[[Image:OCS-ipdiscover-step4.png]]<br>
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Add you own network/subnet. All fields are mandatory.
[[Image:OCS-ipdiscover-step5.png]]<br>
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We can also add categories. Let's do that!
[[Image:OCS-ipdiscover-step6.png]]<br>
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===Usage===
Go back to ''Security''. Now that your network is created, you should see ipdiscover working...
Click on ''non-inventoried'' devices.
[[Image:OCS-ipdiscover-step7.png]]<br>
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Now all you have to do is registering new devices!
[[Image:OCS-ipdiscover-step8.png]]<br>
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[[Image:OCS-ipdiscover-step9.png]]<br>
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==Deploying packages==
==Deploying packages==
