138 CHAPTER 4: D ISCOVERING THE NETWORK3 On the Specify Subnets pane of the wizard, add the subnets you wish todiscover■ If the subnets are all within one router hop of your work stationyou can use the Find Subnets button to save having to enter all theinformation, go to step 8, below.■ If the subnets are not all within one router hop, continue from step4 below., you should continue from 4, below.4 Click the Add button to launch the Add Subnets dialog box5 Enter the information for your first subnet (you must enter at least thenetwork address and subnet mask of the subnet).6 Click OK on the Add Subnets pane to return to the wizard. Your subnetshould now appear in the list on the wizard.7 Repeat 4 to 6 above for your remaining three subnets8 You can now click Finish on the wizard if you do not wish to change anyof the remaining defaults. Alternatively, continue through the wizardusing the Next button.Once you click Finish on the wizard, 3Com Network Director will startdiscovering your subnets.One of my subnets isover a slow WAN link- can I discover it, andif so, what settingsshould I use?If you wish to discover a remote subnet over a slow link you may need toincrease the time that 3Com Network Director waits for responses fromyour network. The need to do this will become apparent if the Discoveryreport lists several of the devices in the subnet as having stoppedresponding during a network discovery.To increase the time that 3Com Network Director waits for responses, dothe following:1 Launch the Network Discovery wizard (e.g. by selecting Tools > NetworkDiscovery).2 On the first pane of the wizard, select the Specify Subnets radio buttonand click Next3 On the Specify Subnets pane of the wizard add the information about theremote subnet you wish to discover. Click the Add button to launch theAdd Subnets dialog box4 Enter the address and subnet mask of the subnet, and optionally theranges of IP addresses if you wish to restrict the discovery. If you know
