Network Magic tasks are easy ways to improve your network, perform routine maintenance, or use a Network Magic feature.

You can give an easy-to-understand identity that Network Magic uses with each device in your network. Give the device a friendly name and identify the device type (for example, a game console, a photo printer, and so on).

For information, see Name a device and give it an icon.

A component that connects to a network (for example, a printer, media player, or gaming device).

An easy-to-remember name for a computer, device, or shared folder in Network Magic.

You can remove the device from the network map.

For more information, see Remove a computer or device from the map.

The Network Magic feature you use to help manage your network.

You can access contact information for networking hardware manufacturers. Examples of when you might want to do this include the following:

• Look up contact information (for example, a telephone number or a Web site address).

• Check support information.

When you click the link for this task, Network Magic opens a list of basic contact information for popular manufacturers.

You can control whether you want Network Magic to display a notification whenever a tracked device connects with your network.

When you use Network Magic to track a device, this task appears. When you use the task, Network Magic alerts you if the device reconnects later. For more information, see About new network devices. When you click the link for this task, Network Magic opens an options dialog, where you can specify whether you want to be notified.

For more information, see Set notification options.

Network Magic notifications pop up and tell you what is new in your network (for example, there are new shared folders).

You can control whether you want to track the network activity for a computer or device that you suspect is an intruder.  

For more information, see Track network activity.

A computer or device connected to your home network, and tracked through Network Magic.

For devices that use a Web-based administrative utility, you can open the utility that you use to set up and manage the device.

Doing this allows you to quickly check and change device settings.