LANCOM QuickFinder

The configuration dialogs in LANconfig, LANmonitor and WLANmonitor include numerous sections, parameters and their values, as well as tables.

LANCOM QuickFinder in LANconfig

In the main view of LANconfig you will find the LANCOM QuickFinder in the toolbar. Entering a search term in the search window reduces the number of available devices in the list. LANconfig searches through all the values available in the columns in the device list, including any hidden columns. Click on the icon next to the magnifying glass to make the search case sensitive.

If you are looking for a particular value or term in LANconfig or in the configuration, LANCOM QuickFinder quickly displays all of the locations where the string occurs in the LANconfig dialogs.

Start LANconfig.
Open the device configuration that you want to search through.
In the search box, type the phrase that you are looking for (e.g. 'wlan'). Searching is not case-sensitive. You can enter parts of words or numbers, as well as complete strings. If there are spaces in the search string, then only strings containing the matching spaces will be searched for. The search function does not support wildcards.

The configuration tree in the left pane of LANconfig is now reduced to just those sections that feature the search string:

Select an area in the configuration (e.g. 'WLAN/General') to view the relevant search results framed in color in the configuration dialog:

Anmerkung: In LANconfig version 8.50, the search results in the firewall section are not displayed in color.

Use the navigation buttons 'forwards' and 'back' to move between the most recently visited dialogs:

For quick access to the last 10 visited dialogs, click on the arrow to the right of the 'forwards' button:

Click on the 'x' to the right of the search box to clear the search and display all entries in the configuration again.

An option to reduce the number of search results is to select the sections where LANconfig should limit the search to. Click on the magnifying glass to the left of the search box and select or deselect the required categories. Here you can also specify whether the search should highlight the results in color, or whether the configuration tree is to be reduced to the relevant dialogs only:

Anmerkung: LANconfig resets the search settings and the list of recent dialogs when the configuration is closed.

LANCOM QuickFinder in LANmonitor

Depending on the application, LANmonitor can display multiple devices with entries containing the searched term. After starting the search LANmonitor initially highlights the first finding. You can move between the search results either by using the arrow keys to the right of the search window, or by pressing Ctrl+F3 for the next occurrence and Ctrl+Shift+F3 to the previous occurrence.

LANCOM QuickFinder in WLANmonitor

WLANmonitor includes access points and WLAN clients. Clicking on the magnifying glass on the left side of the search window opens a context menu to select the type of search. Depending on the application you can search for access points only, clients only, or all entries.

For example, your configuration may contain settings for your Internet provider. To find these you just have to enter the name to find all of the places in the configuration that refer to this provider.

You can search for text from the following areas:

Entries in the configuration tree
Names of the sections in each configuration dialog
Parameters
Values of the parameters
Explanatory texts in the dialogs
Table names
Column names in tables

To use the search in LANconfig proceed as follows: