53.5. Broadcasting and Scanning for Servers
If you have a large number of Webmin servers on your network, adding them one by one to this module can be tedious. There is a better way though. The master system can broadcast on your local LAN for other Webmin servers or send requests to hosts within a specific network to probe for servers. Any servers that are found will be automatically added to this module, although only in Normal link to server mode. There is no way for the master system to automatically determine a login and password for a remote system—this would be a huge security hole if it were possible!
To find other Webmin servers, follow these steps:
1. | If you only want to search your local LAN, click on the Broadcast for servers button ... |
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