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Support and Feedback / Network browse method response
« on: June 19, 2014, 02:31:08 »
All,
I was reading another thread here (very short one) called "network browse method", where the user midros asked:
"in "configuration / core settings" there is a setting called "network browse method" with 3 options.
what is the difference among them?
I tried all 3 and then browsed my network and I can say that the 1st one (default) does not work for me, but the other two seem to work fine although I don't see any difference between them ."
There are a couple of things I wanted to address, but the post was too old for me to respond. So I would like to place my response here:
1. The network settings don't seem to be located in Configuration >> Core Settings menu. The Network tree has its settings listed there.
2. My computer is in a Windows 7 environment where we are all connected by the workgroup method, not by domain. This is my home with my family, not a professional environment. Turns out that "Method C - Shell" worked best at detecting all the computers in my workgroup. Perhaps this method's API is for checking Windows workgroups for networked systems.
3. I can't say that this may be a fact, or merely unique to my system, but I can say it worked perfectly. It is a much better browsing and searching tool than Windows Explorer for looking at systems on my network.
I was reading another thread here (very short one) called "network browse method", where the user midros asked:
"in "configuration / core settings" there is a setting called "network browse method" with 3 options.
what is the difference among them?
I tried all 3 and then browsed my network and I can say that the 1st one (default) does not work for me, but the other two seem to work fine although I don't see any difference between them ."
There are a couple of things I wanted to address, but the post was too old for me to respond. So I would like to place my response here:
1. The network settings don't seem to be located in Configuration >> Core Settings menu. The Network tree has its settings listed there.
2. My computer is in a Windows 7 environment where we are all connected by the workgroup method, not by domain. This is my home with my family, not a professional environment. Turns out that "Method C - Shell" worked best at detecting all the computers in my workgroup. Perhaps this method's API is for checking Windows workgroups for networked systems.
3. I can't say that this may be a fact, or merely unique to my system, but I can say it worked perfectly. It is a much better browsing and searching tool than Windows Explorer for looking at systems on my network.