Automated network configuration of connected device

A music system, comprising:

• an information handling system communicatively coupled to a network, the information handling system having a program of instructions;
• and
• a music player communicatively coupled to and capable of accessing shared data on the information handling system through the network, the music player suitable for processing music data in a digital format;
• wherein the program of instructions is capable of configuring the music player for accessing the information handling system through the network, automatically detecting the music player by the information handling system through the network, automatically searching for one or music folders on the information handling system, and specifying at least one of the music folders on the information handling system as shared data accessible by the music player through the network.

In a music system comprising an information handling system communicatively coupled to a network and a music player communicatively coupled to and capable of accessing shared data on the information handling system through the network, a method for configuring the music system, comprising the steps of:

• configuring the music player for accessing the information handling system through the network;
• automatically detecting the music player by the information handling system through the network;
• automatically searching for one or more music folders on the information handling system;
• and
• specifying at least one of the music folders on the information handling system as shared data accessible by the music player through the network.

A storage medium readable by an information handling system and having instructions encoded thereon for causing the information handling system to perform, in a music system comprising the information handling system communicatively coupled to a network and a music player communicatively coupled to and capable of accessing shared data on the information handling system through the network, a method for configuring the music system, comprising the steps of:

• configuring the music player for accessing the information handling system through the network;
• automatically detecting the music player by the information handling system through the network;
• automatically searching for one or more music folders on the information handling system;
• and
• specifying at least one of the music folders on the information handling system as shared data accessible by the music player through the network.