Node search

Use the Node search panel to find a specific node using the search criteria.

Specify one or more of the search criteria listed below and click Apply filters. If you want to stop the search, press “Esc” on the keyboard or click Stop on the search panel.

Click Default filters to reset the search criteria to their initial values. To refresh the search results, click Reload data.

PortaBilling automatically loads the list of nodes once you open the page. You can turn off data autoload if you don’t want all nodes to load each time you open the page. To disable data autoload, click Settings  and clear the check mark for the Automatically start searching upon opening the page option. When the check mark is absent, the nodes won’t load until you click Apply filters.

If the search result contains a single node, you can open it automatically by choosing the If the search produces a single result, automatically open it option.

Filter nodes by name. Type a node name here.

Filter nodes by ID. A node ID is equivalent to a hostname for an Internet server (e.g., mail1.cyberdyne.com); it is a descriptive, human-readable name used for identification purposes.

Filter nodes by the IP address.

Filter nodes by the protocols used to communicate with the billing engine.

• Select Any to search for all available nodes.
• Select RADIUS to search for nodes that communicate with the billing engine via the RADIUS protocol.
• Select Diameter to search for nodes that communicate with the billing engine via the Diameter protocol.
• Select Disabled to search for nodes that do not communicate with the billing engine.

Filter nodes by manufacturing company.

Select Any to search for all available nodes. Otherwise, select the manufacturer name to search for nodes manufactured by that company.

Filter nodes by type.

Select Any to search for all available nodes regardless of the type. Or select the type of the node to search for nodes by it.