Abstract: Disclosed are a communication device and a method of a communication device that includes processing by the controller a first scan for shared drives and folders on a wide local area network in accordance with a CIFS Protocol and then processing a second scan for shared drives and folders of a local wide area network in accordance with an Address Resolution Protocol. An Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) is a computer network host's link layer or hardware address when only it's Internet Layer (IP) or Network Layer address is known. An ARP port scan is a low level request and answer protocol that uses a simple message format that contains one address resolution request or response. IP addresses are the result of an ARP port scan. In this way, user can be provided with the opportunity to connect to all available local servers.