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Configuring Tech Console Preferences
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Insight Tech Console User Guide
• IP-Multicast: An IP packet delivered to a group of destination computers simultaneously in a
single transmission from the source (a Tech Console machine) creating copies automatically in
other network elements, such as routers or switches. Multicast uses network infrastructure
efficiently by requiring the source to send a packet only once, even if it needs to be delivered to
a large number of receivers (Student machines). The nodes in the network take care of
replicating the packet to reach multiple receivers only when necessary.
• IP-Directed Broadcast: An IP packet whose destination address is a valid broadcast address for
some IP subnet, but which originates from a node (the Tech Console) that is not itself part of
that destination subnet (other Student machines). If the “no ip directed-broadcast” command
has been configured for your router, directed broadcasts destined for the subnet to which that
interface is attached will be dropped, rather than being broadcast.
Note: Some additional configuration of the Routers/Switches may be needed to enable Multicast
and/or Directed Broadcasts on your network. Consult your hardware guide for your
switches/routers to be sure. For more information regarding these options, refer to the section
“Tech Console Network Configuration.”
Multiple Network Adapters
Specify Network Interface Card
Some computers actually have more than one Network Interface card (NIC) and/or multiple IP
addresses (i.e. a router). Many times these may be virtual or wireless network adapters.
Insight will always use the “first” NIC that responds, but that is not always the desired NIC or
network. You can use this checkbox to specify which NIC you prefer to use.
If your Tech Console computer has multiple real or virtual network adapters, specify the adapter
that should be used from the drop-down box.
Tech Channel
Administrator Channel
Channel “0” (zero) is the administrator channel and has the ability to monitor all assigned
channels and see all Student machines that have been installed.
Use Multiple Channels
This feature allows the teacher to “group” any of the 16,000 channels. Each channel must be
separated by a comma. For example: 1,3,4 will configure the teacher console to be able to monitor
all students on channels 1, 3 and 4 at the same time.
Security
The Security tab lets you configure the settings that define a "Healthy computer" in your
environment. Each user machine is compared to these settings and if the setting on the user
machine matches this definition, then the machine is determined to be “healthy” and a green
shield will be displayed in the User List. If even one category doesn’t match this definition, then
the shield will turn red.
For example, if you were to check every box in the Security Preferences tab, all machines would
always be displayed as healthy as every possible choice would be covered, i.e. Anti-Virus
protection could be present or it could be absent, but that case would be true for every machine.
Alternately, if you cleared every setting in this dialog, all user machines would always be displayed
“unhealthy” or “At Risk” with red shields in the User List. This is because no machine could both
have and not have Virus Protection at the same time.