You can use LANsurveyor to remotely manage computers running the Responder client. You gain considerable control over client computers with Responder clients.
Management operations can be performed on a computer-by-computer basis or by selecting a group of computers and applying the operation on these nodes as a group.
There are ten management options. Access any of these options through the Manage Wizard, available from either the Manage menu or toolbar icon. There are three or four panes on the wizard: select task, select Responder clients (or verify if already selected on the map), select options specific to that task (if any), and schedule the management task.
If any errors occur during any management operation, LANsurveyor will record details of the error in the Session Log.
Management options include:
| • | shut down remote computers |
| • | restart remote computers |
| • | synchronize the remote computers' clock with that of the LANsurveyor machine's clock |
| • | change the remote computers' Responder client password |
| • | send a file to the remote computers |
| • | send a folder to the remote computers |
| • | send an instant message to the remote computers |
| • | store notes on the remote computers |
| • | quit a running process (application, INIT, etc.) on a remote computer |
| • | launch an application on a remote computer |
The first task for any network manager using LANsurveyor should be to protect the Responder client by installing a password.