How is a new device added in GPIB explorer for Linux?

Hi,

I am looking to find out what sequence of steps GPIB explorer goes through to manually add a new device (eg. I know that one step in the process is to ping the device's IP address).

I need the info to help troubleshoot the issues I have with adding a new device to GPIB explorer on RHEL, as outlined here http://forums.ni.com/t5/Instrument-Control-GPIB-Serial/GPIB-explorer-setup-with-secondary-ethernet-port/td-p/3239018

Thanks,

Christina