Adding machines

To add one or more machines to the list, click Add machines on the toolbar.

You can add machines in either of these ways:

• By MAC address: Type the MAC address of the machine.

  Optionally, provide a label that will be shown in the Machine column.

• From file: Specify a text file with the list of MAC addresses, one machine per line. If the machine has more than one network adapter, separate the MAC addresses for each adapter with a semicolon (;). No space character is allowed between the MAC addresses.

  The hexadecimal numbers in a MAC address can be separated by a colon (:) or a hyphen (-), or have no separator.

  Optionally, provide a label that will be shown in the Machine column. The label must follow the MAC address (or addresses). The label and the MAC address must be tab separated. In text editors such as Notepad, you can normally insert a tab character by pressing the TAB key. The label itself cannot contain a tab character.

  The following is a sample file:

  00:01:23:45:67:1A
  02-01-23-45-67-1B My machine
  010203040506 Machine 2
  00-11-22-33-44-55;AA-BB-CC-DD-EE-FF Machine 3

In either case, the label that you provide is unrelated to the network name of the machine. If no label is provided, the Machine column will contain the MAC address of the machine.

Tip: Make sure that you specify the MAC address correctly. Any set of six hexadecimal numbers is recognized as a valid MAC address of a machine, even if a network adapter with that address does not actually exist.