Workgroup Manager - Computer accounts

Hi,
Does anyone know how in Workgroup Manager it find computers so that they can be added to computer groups? When I'm in Accounts --> Computer groups --> select a computer group --> Members --> Click "..." --> It displays a list of computers within my network but some would not show up.
I'm trying to understand if Workgroup Manager uses Bonjour or IP protocols to find and list computers.
I have forward and reverse lookup with dynamic updates working properly on a separate FreeBSD server but Workgroup Manager just shows a limited list of computers to add to computer groups.
Can anyone help?

I haven't looked into this very much, but it's always seemed to me that it was using Bonjour.

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