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I am new and having a few issues. When I scan my network for computers/workstations, only a few are reported during the scan. I have tried multiple IP schemes, but get the same results. Any help will be appreciated.

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Do you get any uknowns/scan errors?

I think doing a bit of reading would a good starting point, just follow this link and see if it already answers your questions:

http://community.spiceworks.com/help#Inventory

If not, then I’m sure we’ll be able to help.

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One quick thing that I ran into problems with when i first started was Windows XP Firewall blocking (obviously) the scans. That’s at least a good place to start if you’re running alot of XP machines…

As far as your IP SChemes go…Double check your subnets…You could have a good range but a bad subnet range that will kick you out too…

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Dustin is correct, firewalls, especially third party ones, kill the scans.

Also check that WMI is running and accessible. Someplaces turn that off.

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Sam,

Even if we cannot successfully connect to and inventory a device it should be added to the Inventory if we can ping it and get NetBIOS information.

Are you running Vista on remote devices on the network? Are the missing devices pingable from the Spiceworks Computer? Are there any DNS checkup errors in the Spiceworks Inventory?

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Ben, I was trying to figure out what you were telling me when I realized that Sam was the original poster. Sam, not SAM. Oh boy, it’s Friday.

Sam, are you running Active Directory here and DNS?

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Whats even funnier was I noticed that you had posted, and when I pulled up the thread I immediately noticed I had spelled it Sam, and not SAM (as I have seen it elsewhere) so I started to Edit the post before realizing that I had, indeed, intended it to be Sam. Hadn’t even read your post.

It IS Friday. :slight_smile: