Responder clients installed via Active Directory are password protected using the Deploy Responder client wizard (available from the Tools menu). Manually installed Responder clients are installed without a password. Once a password is set, LANsurveyor sends an encrypted password for authentication purposes before making any request of a computer with a Responder client installed.
After installing Responder clients manually, use LANsurveyor to remotely set the password for those Responder clients on open maps. Here are instructions for adding or changing the Responder client password for all Responder clients:
| 1. | Click on the Select Responder clients toolbar icon  or choose Select>All Neon Responders from the Edit menu. |
| 2. | Select Change Password from the Manage menu or click on the Manage toolbar icon and select Change Password in the Management Wizard and click Next. |
| 3. | Type in your old password (it doesn't have to match the current password for the map) then enter and confirm the new password and click Next. |
| 4. | Make the change immediately or at the time you designate and click Finish. |
If you would like to change the password on specific Responder clients, simply select those nodes in step 1.
Now configure the same password you just entered for the Responder clients into the LANsurveyor application:
| 5. | Choose Map Properties from the Tools menu. |
| 6. | Enter the same password as you typed above into the Responder client Password edit field and click OK. |
You can have different Responder client passwords for different maps using Map Properties.
If you would like to change your application preferences to reflect the new password, follow these steps:
| 7. | Choose Options from the Tools menu. Make sure the Network tab is selected. |
| 8. | Enter the same password as you typed above into the Responder client Password edit field and click OK. |
Do not forget your Responder client password. If you do, you will have to uninstall and then re-install all your Responder clients.
Update Responder Password
Some organizations require passwords to be changed on a regular basis. LANsurveyor makes changing Responder client passwords easy. Select Update Neon Responder Passwords from the Tools menu to launch the password update wizard. Offline nodes are updated when they are discovered again on the network.
