Discover Devices from Network Neighborhood

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The Discover devices from your Network Neighborhood option creates a map by scanning the Windows network to which your computer is connected, and finding the other devices on the network. It creates an icon for each device that it finds on the network.

To start a Network Neighborhood scan:

1. Select an existing map or create a new map window.
   • To create a new map, from the File menu, select New Map Wizard. In the New Map Wizard, select the Discover and Map Network devices option on the first screen and select Discover devices from your Network Neighborhood on the next screen.
   • To add devices on an existing map, select the map, then from the Tools menu, select Discover Devices and select Discover devices from your Network Neighborhood on the next screen.
2. Click Next to continue. WhatsUp Gold displays the possible domains for you to include in your network scan.
3. Select domains and click Next.
4. Select the Services you want to scan for and make any other changes you want, and click Next.

5. Depending on your selections, the scan begins and when it has completed, it provides you the opportunity to finalize which devices you want to appear on the map. Click Finish to complete the wizard.

   WhatsUp Gold scans your Windows network and creates an icon on the map for each device that it finds. Note that this scan can take a few minutes to complete depending on the size of your network.

Note: The Scan Network Neighborhood option will also find NetWare devices.

6. From the File menu, select Save or Save As to save the map.

For more information, see "Active Discovery of Devices".

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