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DaveJ100
Aspirant
May 24, 2025

Discovery tool not discovering

I have a GS308EP switch which I have been accessing via the Discovery tool.  I have just fitted a new hardrive and reinstalled windows 11 along with all of my software.  I have installed the same version (2.04) of the Netgear Discovery Tool but when I launch it the "Choose a connection" box is blank.  On my old hard drive this worked fine after an easy install.  I am at a loss to know why it is not finding my switch.

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  • Since leaving the above message I have been able to access it via its IP address.  Don't know why discovery tool doesn't work though.

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