Network Discovery

Purpose

This document describes how to set up a Network Host Discovery scan.

Introduction

A Network Discovery scan identifies and lists all the hardware and software assets within an organization's network infrastructure by sending packets over multiple protocols such as ARP/ICMP/TCP/UDP. If the scanner receives anything from the target, the target is confirmed to be alive.

Setting up a Network Discovery Scan

Running the Scan

To configure a Network discovery scan:

1. Select the Network discovery radio button.
   

   

2. Enter a Name for the configuration.

3. Enter Targets for the configuration. These can be in the format of IPv4, IPv6, Hostname, IPv4-CIDR , IPv4-range, separated by newline.

4. Choose a scanner from the drop-down menu.

5. Click the ADD button to save the configuration.

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