Introduction to Lansweeper Asset Radar: A Credential-Free Scanning Method

Lansweeper's Asset Radar feature provides a powerful way to quickly capture information about devices (e.g. BYOD and rogue devices) that connect to your network, without requiring credentials. This article will guide you through the necessary steps for configuring this feature.

Configuring Lansweeper's Asset Radar consists of multiple steps: selecting which interfaces you'd like to enable, checking whether your scanning server is compatible with Asset Radar, and more. In this introduction, we'll go over each step in detail, including sample data retrieved by Asset Radar.

To start using Asset Radar, you need to configure it on your Lansweeper server. This process leverages network capture technology, similar to well-known packet tracing software, to discover device information. Once set to Enabled or Logging Only, your Lanswepper server continuously captures specific network packets flowing within its own subnet, not just packets directly addressed to your Lanswepper server.

One of the key benefits of Asset Radar is that it allows you to retrieve asset information based on captured network packets without requiring credentials. This means you can quickly gather information about devices connecting to your network, even if they are not configured with your organization's credentials.

If you're using an older Lansweeper release, you will need to update by following the instructions in this knowledge base article. Asset Radar is a feature introduced in Lansweeper 8.0 and requires a compatible scanning server to function properly.

By configuring Asset Radar correctly, you can gain valuable insights into your network devices and improve your organization's cybersecurity posture. In this introduction to Asset Radar, we've covered the necessary steps for setting up this powerful credential-free scanning method.

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