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6.A.A. Assign TCMS Adress Manually

Last modified by Tobias Wintrich on 2025/11/21 12:37

For small environments or testing purposes, manually adding clients is a viable option. A client can be added using either its IP address or MAC address.

When adding a client via its MAC address, only a reservation is created in the TCMS. Through this reservation, an appropriate group and software profiles can already be assigned before the client registers with the TCMS for the first time.

However, the TCMS server address cannot be delivered to a client this way. This is only possible via DHCP, a DNS entry, or by manually adding the client using its IP address.

First, select the group in the group tree to which you want to add the client (1).  Then click on Add in the  Client window and choose either Client via MAC Address or Client via IP Address from the context menu (2).

In both cases, a dialog window opens where you can enter the IP address or MAC address, as well as an optional description for the client (3).

Client group assignment in the TCMS is always performed based on the device’s unique MAC address. Changing the IP address does not affect group membership.