Symantec 11281411 Administration Guide - Page 179

6 Chapter Managing roaming clients This chapter includes the following topics: ■ About roaming clients ■ Roaming client components ■ How roaming works ■ Implementing roaming ■ Command-line options ■ Registry values About roaming clients A roaming client can do the following: ■ Automatically identify its best parent server, based on speed and proximity, and become a managed client of that parent server. For example, when a mobile user who is based in New York travels to California, the roaming client detects the new network address and reassigns the user's laptop to the best parent server. ■ Connect to the nearest appropriate parent server whenever its network address changes. ■ Connect to a different parent server if the current parent server becomes unavailable. ■ Periodically recheck for the nearest parent server to adjust for changes in servers and server load.