User's Manual

140 CHAPTER 4: DISCOVERING THE NETWORK
Figure 51 Community Strings Pane
3 Select the Yes option. The Add… buttons will now be enabled.
4 Use the Add button below the Read list box to enter the read community
string of your routers.
5 Use 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.
6 Click 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.
Useful Information
and References
Why the discovered
map may not exactly
reflect the network
This section covers the common problems encountered with Network
Discovery.
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