Scanning for shares on the LAN (Windows)
Using this wizard, you can select which networks \ workgroups \ domains \ computers to scan.
1. Click Tools > LAN Storage Discovery > Share Discovery.
The Share Discovery Wizard appears.
2. Specify the items (computers) on your network whose shares you want to discover in one of two ways. For large scan lists, it may be faster to import from a text file.
• To add items individually, do one of the following:
• Browse the Network Tree and select a computer, and click Add.
• Specify the IP address or computer name of the item you want to scan in the Path field, and click Add.
The item will appear in the Selected items for Discovery list.
• To import a list of items from a text file, do the following:
a) Prepare a text file with a simple list of computer IP addresses / names.
b) Click Import and browse for the text file.
Once you open the file, Windows DS-Client will ping each address in the list and check the connectivity.
c) You can skip or include all the addresses that failed to respond.
The imported items will appear in the Selected Items for Discovery list.
3. If you want any previously scanned shares with a scanned size of “0” to be removed automatically, select Clean share list.
4. When you have added all the network items you wish to scan, click Next.
The wizard switches to the Network Credentials screen.
5. In the Additional Credentials section, click Add.
The Set Credentials screen appears.
6. Enter the credentials, and click OK.
7. Continue steps 5-6 until you have input all the credentials you want to use for Share Discovery.
8. When the settings have been configured as required, click Finish.
The LAN Share Discovery Process window appears.
When the process is complete, a list of the discovered shares will appear in
Tools >
LAN Storage Discovery >
Scan Shares: Share List (see
“Configuring scanned shares”).