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# NetworkManager

The NetworkManager prefab contains a basic [NetworkManager](/docs/fishnet-building-blocks/components/managers/network-manager.md) with a [NetworkHudCanvas](/docs/fishnet-building-blocks/prefabs/networkhudcanvas.md) to provide you with a quick setup for using FishNet in your game.

You can simply add this object into your scene and use the **Server** and **Client** buttons in play mode to start FishNet as a server, client, or both. You can also setup the [autostart options ](#user-content-fn-1)[^1]on the NetworkHudCanvas child object.

The components this object contains are the NetworkManager, [ObserverManager ](/docs/fishnet-building-blocks/components/managers/observermanager.md)(with a [Scene Observer Condition](/docs/fishnet-building-blocks/scriptableobjects/observerconditions/scenecondition.md)), and the PlayerSpawner.

[^1]: Autostart options allow FishNet to begin as a client, server, both, or none as soon as the object is loaded in the game.