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Host Discovery Bots allow you to run host discoveries on remote PCs, by installing the Discovery Bot on a remote machine and configuring Easy-IP to recognise the Bot.
To run a Host Discovery from the Easy-IP web interface, you need to set up at least one Discovery Bot.
1. Configuring a Discovery Bot in Easy-IP
Before a Discovery Bot can connect to the Easy-IP server it must be added to the server configuration. To do this, open the Discovery Bot form by selecting the Tools ribbon tab and clicking the Discovery Bots button.
The form displays all the available Discovery Bots along with their corresponding discoveries. It also gives you information about the progress of discoveries.
To add a new Discovery Bot, click the Add Bot button.
Enter a descriptive name, an IP address and a shared key. You can generate a strong shared key by clicking the Generate button. The Bot will be authenticated by the Easy-IP Server using its IP address and the shared key.
You can edit or delete a Discovery Bot by clicking the appropriate button.
Note that only Administrators and Super Administrators can edit Discovery Bots and other users discoveries. Additionally, admin users can Remove, Cancel and View the logs of other users discoveries.
Once the Discovery Bot is configured in the Server Manager you can install it on a remote machine.
2. Installing and configuring the Discovery Bot
Download the Discovery Bot installer from the Easy-IP website. Once downloaded, run the installer.
When the installation has completed you will see the Discovery Bot icon 
in your tool tray. Right click the icon and select Settings from the pop up menu.
Easy-IP Server |
This is the name or IP address of the Easy-IP server that the Discovery Bot will connect to. |
Shared Authentication Key |
Enter the same shared key you entered when adding the Discovery Bot in the Easy-IP Server. |
Encrypt Communications |
If you have encryption enabled on the server, check this box. |
Encryption Send/Receive Keys |
If you are encrypting the server communications, you need to enter the send and receive keys here. |
Write Log File |
Check this box for the Discovery Bot to write a log file. Note that the host discovery log is not written to this file, only information related to the Discovery Bot. The host discovery log will be saved on the server and can be read by viewing the Bot host discoveries. |
Note that the Discovery Bot service needs to be restarted before the settings will take effect.
To view the live bot and host discovery log, double-click the Discovery Bot icon .
3. Checking that the Discovery Bot is working.
If a Discovery Bot with incorrect settings attempts to connect to the Easy-IP Server an error will be displayed in the Easy-IP Server log.
An error will also occur if the Shared Keys do not match.
If a Discovery Bot successfully connects to the server, the connection date & time will be displayed in its Last Contact column.