Wiki source code of 6.A.A. Manuelles Hinzufügen von Clients
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14.1 | 1 | 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**. |
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14.1 | 5 | 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. |
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14.1 | 7 | 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**. |
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14.1 | 10 | First, select the **group** in the group tree to which you want to add the client (1). Then click on (% class="rangee_menuoption" %)**Add**(%%)** **in the (% class="rangee_menunode rangee_menuoption" %)Client window(%%) and choose either (% class="rangee_menuoption" %)**Client via MAC Address**(%%) or (% class="rangee_menuoption" %)**Client via IP Address**(%%) from the context menu (2). |
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14.1 | 12 | 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). |
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13.1 | 14 | {{lightbox image="manuell_client_hinzufuegen.png" width="1000"/}} |
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14.1 | 16 | 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. |