Add clients to Remote Desktop

You can use Bonjour to display a list of computers in your default Bonjour domain with Remote Desktop enabled. Typically this includes only your local subnet, but it can also include other subnets. All other client discovery methods display computers regardless of whether they have Remote Desktop enabled.

1. In Remote Desktop , select a scanner in the sidebar of the main window, then choose Bonjour from the pop-up menu.

2. Drag one or more computers to a computer list, such as All Computers.

3. Authenticate by providing the user name and password for a Remote Desktop administrator.

When you view the directory server scanner, you see all client computers that the Task Server knows about and that are organized in computer groups in the directory. You bind to directory servers in the Accounts pane of System Preferences.

1. In Remote Desktop , select a scanner in the sidebar of the main window, then choose Directory Server from the pop-up menu.

2. Drag one or more computers to a computer list, such as All Computers.

3. Authenticate by providing the user name and password for a Remote Desktop administrator.

You can add a list of computers to the All Computers list by importing a file listing the computers’ IP addresses.

The list can be in text file or spreadsheet format and must contain IP addresses or fully qualified domain names (such as abc.example.com). You can add a range of IP addresses by expressing the range in the following format: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx–yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy. For example, using a text file with “192.168.0.2–192.168.2.200” scans all IP addresses in that address range.

1. In Remote Desktop , select a scanner in the sidebar of the main window, then choose File Import from the pop-up menu.

2. Browse for the file by clicking the Open File button, or drag a file into the dialog.

   Alternatively, you can enter the file’s pathname in the File field. All responding clients are listed in the Remote Desktop window.

3. Drag one or more computers to a computer list, such as All Computers.

4. Authenticate by providing the user name and password for a Remote Desktop administrator.

You can add a computer to the All Computers list by entering its IP address or fully qualified domain name.

1. In Remote Desktop , select a scanner in the sidebar of the main window, then choose Network Address from the pop-up menu.

2. Enter the IP address or fully qualified domain name in the Address field, then click the Refresh button.

3. Drag one or more computers to a computer list, such as All Computers.

4. Authenticate by providing the user name and password for a Remote Desktop administrator.

You can add a client directly to a computer list using the IP address or host name.

1. In Remote Desktop , select a computer list in the sidebar of the main window, such as All Computers, then choose File > Add by Address.

2. Enter the IP address or fully qualified domain name, enter the user name and password, then click the Advanced Options triangle.

3. If the client computer uses Network Address Translation (NAT), enter the public ports that are mapped to the client in the Remote Management Port and Screen Sharing Port fields.

4. Verify the name and password before adding the computer to the computer list, then click Add.

When you choose the local network scanner, Remote Desktop sends a subnet broadcast to computers on the same subnets as the administrator computer. All possible clients on the local subnets appear in a list on the right side of the Remote Desktop window.

1. In Remote Desktop , select a scanner in the sidebar of the main window, then choose Local Network from the pop-up menu.

2. Drag one or more computers to a computer list, such as All Computers.

3. Authenticate by providing a user name and password for a Remote Desktop administrator.

You can query a range of IP addresses to look for clients. To locate computers by network range, you provide a beginning and ending IP address to scan, and Remote Desktop queries each IP address in that range in sequence, asking if the computer is a client computer.

This method works best when searching for clients outside the local subnet but on the local area network. Alternatively, you can use a text file that contains IP address ranges (in this format: “192.168.0.1–192.168.3.20”), and import the file to find clients.

1. In Remote Desktop , select a scanner in the sidebar of the main window, then choose Network Range from the pop-up menu.

2. Enter the beginning and ending IP address, click the Refresh button, then drag one or more computers to a computer list, such as All Computers.

3. Authenticate by providing a user name and password for a Remote Desktop administrator.

When you view the Task Server scanner, you see all client computers that the Task Server knows about. This list includes client computers that other Remote Desktop administrators have added.

1. In Remote Desktop , select a scanner in the sidebar of the main window, then choose Task Server from the pop-up menu.

2. Drag one or more computers to a computer list, such as All Computers.

3. Authenticate by providing a user name and password for a Remote Desktop administrator.