# Creating a recognition task

In the side menu go to the **Management** → **Discovery** → **Host&Devices** section. Click on the **Net Scan** button, this will allow you to [create a discovery task](https://pandorafms.com/manual/!development/en/documentation/03_monitoring/04_discovery#netscan).

[![pfms-management-discovery-host_and_devices.png](https://pandorafms.com/guides/public/uploads/images/gallery/2023-08/scaled-1680-/pfms-management-discovery-host-and-devices.png)](https://pandorafms.com/guides/public/uploads/images/gallery/2023-08/pfms-management-discovery-host-and-devices.png)

It will create the task as follows: You will have to modify only the network range to be scanned, in this capture it is `192.168.70.1/24`, which means that all hosts in the network `192.168.70.xx` will be scanned. The appropriate mask will be used here to define the network. Select the **Applications** group, which will be used to contain the devices you detect. From now on we will call generically "*agents*" to the devices managed and/or monitored by Pandora FMS.

[![pfms-discovery-netscan-initial_scan.png](https://pandorafms.com/guides/public/uploads/images/gallery/2023-08/scaled-1680-/pfms-discovery-netscan-initial-scan.png)](https://pandorafms.com/guides/public/uploads/images/gallery/2023-08/pfms-discovery-netscan-initial-scan.png)

Select under **Module template** the **Basic monitoring** option, which covers only latency and network availability checks. You can select other types of checks, such as SNMP or WMI, to be performed during the survey.

[![pfms-discovery-netscan-initial_scan_features.png](https://pandorafms.com/guides/public/uploads/images/gallery/2023-08/scaled-1680-/pfms-discovery-netscan-initial-scan-features.png)](https://pandorafms.com/guides/public/uploads/images/gallery/2023-08/pfms-discovery-netscan-initial-scan-features.png)

Once created, the entry will be displayed. Click on the magnifying glass icon to view the details of the task:

[![pfms-discovery-netscan-initial_scan-see_summary.png](https://pandorafms.com/guides/public/uploads/images/gallery/2023-08/scaled-1680-/pfms-discovery-netscan-initial-scan-see-summary.png)](https://pandorafms.com/guides/public/uploads/images/gallery/2023-08/pfms-discovery-netscan-initial-scan-see-summary.png)

Clicking on the magnifying glass icon will show the current status of the task, which in this case is completed. In this image you can see that the progress bar has disappeared and the system has found the systems in the network to add them to the monitoring.

[![pfms-discovery-netscan-initial_scan-overall_progress.png](https://pandorafms.com/guides/public/uploads/images/gallery/2023-08/scaled-1680-/pfms-discovery-netscan-initial-scan-overall-progress.png)  ](https://pandorafms.com/guides/public/uploads/images/gallery/2023-08/pfms-discovery-netscan-initial-scan-overall-progress.png)