HP Network Direr Software Products manual Useful Information References

140CHAPTER 4: DISCOVERING THE NETWORK

Figure 51 Community Strings Pane

3Select the Yes option. The Add… buttons will now be enabled.

4Use the Add button below the Read list box to enter the read community string of your routers.

5Use the Add button below the Write list box to enter the write community string of your routers, and additionally the write community string of your switches.

6Click Finish if you do not wish to change any of the remaining defaults. Alternatively, continue through the wizard using the Next button.

Once you click Finish, 3Com Network Director will discover the devices on your network, using any default community strings, and also attempting to use the ones you specified in the wizard.

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Why the discovered	This section covers the common problems encountered with Network
map may not exactly	Discovery.
reflect the network	Some devices haven't appeared
	3Com Network Director attempts to detect which devices exist by
	pinging them with an ICMP ping message. A device may not respond in