How You Prepare to Run Discovery

Before running Discovery, use this checklist to be ensure these prerequisites have been met:

The computer from which you are running Discovery must be connected to the network and have a valid IP and gateway address. You can ping the gateway address to ensure TCP/IP connectivity.
The computer that contains the MDB is running and you can connect to it.
You have the correct SNMP community names for all of your devices in the MDB. The community name is case-sensitive. The default community name is public.
Note: If you are running in a non-English speaking environment, you may need to change "public" to its corresponding spelling in the language of choice. For example, you may have to specify "publico" for Spanish-speaking environments.
You have the correct SNMP GET community names of the routers. See Verify Correct Community Names for Routers.
The Host IP Address and the Gateway Address are displayed in the Discovery Setup dialog on the Discovery tab.
If you do not see these addresses, check your Network setup in the Control Panel.
The subnet filter, subnet mask, and subnet count are set on the Discovery Setup dialog.
You selected the Enable the Trace Console checkbox if you want to monitor the progress of the Discovery process. See Discovery Setup Dialog--Service Page.