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title: Connecting to Target Device with IP address for SSH Proxy
slug: kronpam-reference-guide-3-7-0/connecting-to-target-device-with-ip-address-for-ssh-proxy
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createdAt: 2024-11-28T11:49:04.820Z
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This feature ensures that the inventory remains up-to-date in multi-device environments and **facilitates** user access to the correct device groups. By defining subnets for device groups, system administrators can optimize the device discovery and group management processes, allowing users to access the correct devices based on their IP address and protocol information. This approach automates the process of rediscovering and reassigning devices to the appropriate groups, even in cases of dynamic IP changes, ensuring that the inventory stays current.

To enable this feature, the **aioc.device.connect.with.ip** and **netright.discovery.moduleVisibility **functions must be added to the Realm Definition in Portal Functions.

Also, to use this feature, follow these steps:

1. Open **Devices > Inventory > Device Groups > Subnet > Add Subnet** configurations.

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/g9cApVza9NIhSh0pjZYtA/GxWTgU69t3JPxkVK9QtRW_image.png "Subnet Configurations ")

- Open **Devices > Discovery > Add.**
- Add a Discovery Profile with **Save without Scheduling** ( The Possible Element Type option will include the types of devices for SSH connections.).
- These parameters should be defined based on the number of different element types of devices within the subnet. 

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Example parameter values are as follows:

1. Open **Element Types > Select Related Element Type > Association Tags > **Add** Auto Discovery**
2. Open **Element Types > Select Related Element Type > Custom Properties > Add These Parameters**:
   - Example values of these parameters: 
     - Hostname Command = hostname
     - Hostname Matcher Regex = .\*
     - Version Command = cat /etc/os-release
     - Version Matcher Regex = .\*(CentOS|Red|Ubuntu).\*

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1. Open the Connect to **Target Device** Button.
2. Fill in the IP address / Domain Name and 
3. Choose SSH as the Access Protocol and Connect.

With this feature, when connecting to a device, the behavior is determined based on the properties of the device group to which the subnet belongs and the device realm.

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/g9cApVza9NIhSh0pjZYtA/GPSeELDVtfgvBGZrqam7r_image.png "Connect to Target Device ")