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segment). Automatic polling can be disabled in Options > Master Settings so that search
for computers is always initiated manually.
For each computer, the following information is provided:
 An Icon to indicate connection status. For information on the icons, see “Master
Operation”.
 Display Name
 Protocol
 Network Address
To refresh the list, click Poll or to stop a polling operation, click Stop.
When you select a Host computer in the list, the Station field is updated to reflect your
selection. For display options for this field, see “Master Settings”.
Double-click a Host computer in the list to connect to it.
Search using custom polling list
When the Master starts up and the Peer-to-Peer Hosts tab is selected, the Master
automatically starts polling the network for machines with Host.
To limit or expand the number of computers listed, adjust the range of addresses polled
with your own search criteria. From the Manage Polling Ranges dialog, create and save a
search to poll a range of network addresses or a single broadcast address. Once more
than one search is created and saved, you can create a group of searches to poll more
than one network segment at a time.
For more information about creating and managing searches, see:
 “Create a search for peer-to-peer Host computers”
 "Create a UDP/IP search"