New capability - Discover more asset details using Network Discovery, the future of Lansweeper

[Gilian]

Hi everyone!

Lansweeper is delighted to announce the availability of its new Network Discovery in your Lansweeper Site, now in Preview. Discover more details of your assets remotely with Network Discovery, now available on Windows, Linux and macOS with auto update on all platforms.

 

How to access (Full) Network Discovery in your Lansweeper Site

• During Preview, Network Discovery can still produce duplicate assets. Optionally, you can resolve duplicate assets by opening Scanning › Discovery systems and unlinking the Network Discovery system(s), and removing all related data.

A brief explanation

• Learn how to install/deploy Network Discovery here.

• If you chose to link your Network Discovery with your Lansweeper Site, it will be shown in Scanning > Discovery systems.

• To see the assets your Network Discovery brought in, you can check Inventory > All assets. You can also use Inventory > Installations > %Name of the Network Discovery Hub% to filter on the assets of a specific installation. Some data might still be missing we’re continuously mapping and expanding our global data model.

Product comparison

Lansweeper Network Discovery vs Lansweeper On-premises and OT Discovery

Topic	Network Discovery	Lansweeper On-premises	OT Discovery
Summary	Discover all IT assets in your network. OT discovery will be added to the same installer/package later on	Discover all IT assets in your network	Discover all OT assets in your network
Asset reach	Tracks both the machine running Network Discovery and discovers IT (and later OT) assets remotely	Tracks both the machine running Network Discovery and discovers IT assets remotely	Tracks both the machine running Network Discovery and discovers OT assets remotely
Asset data	Expanded default IT (and later OT) discovery data set (extra data like user info on macOS)	Default IT discovery data set	Default OT discovery data set
Credentials	Requires credentials to get all asset details remotely. Can recognize assets without credential though	Requires credentials to get all asset details remotely. Can recognize assets without credential though	Requires credentials to get all asset details remotely. Can recognize assets without credential though
Network access	Requires specific ports to be open on the assets to discover. See Ports scanned or used by Lansweeper To sync with your Lansweeper Site, HTTP2 proxy is supported	Requires specific ports to be open on the assets to discover. See Ports scanned or used by Lansweeper To sync with your Lansweeper Site, HTTP2 proxy is not supported	Requires specific OT ports to be open on the assets to discover. To sync with your Lansweeper Site, HTTP2 proxy is not supported
Auto update	Yes, on Windows, Linux and macOS	No, manual update	Yes, on Windows, Linux and macOS
Vulnerability risks	Built on .NET 6.0 with a reduced vulnerability risk in comparison to .NET FW 4.8	Built on .NET FW 4.8 with a higher vulnerability risk in comparison to .NET 6.0	Built on .NET 6.0 with a reduced vulnerability risk in comparison to .NET FW 4.8

 

Lansweeper Network Discovery vs Lansweeper IT Agent (Portable) Discovery

Topic	Lansweeper Network Discovery	Lansweeper IT Agent Discovery	Lansweeper IT Agent Portable Discovery
Summary	Discover all IT (and later OT) assets in your network	Get all details of the computers you know that have IT Agent Discovery installed and running as a background service or daemon.	Planned, not available yet. Get all details of the computers on which you run IT Agent as a foreground application. Ideal to be included in a logon script
Asset reach	Tracks both the machine running Network Discovery and discovers IT (and later OT) assets remotely	Local computer tracking where the IT Agent Discovery is running	Local computer tracking where the IT Agent Discovery is running
Credentials	Requires credentials to get all asset details remotely	Does not require credentials	Does not require credentials
Network access	Requires specific ports to be open on the assets to discover. See Ports scanned or used by Lansweeper	Few connectivity requirements. See Install IT Agent	A connection to a Lansweeper Network Discovery - Hub component or a location to store the discovery result file in, for later import.

Request for feedback

It's time for us to let you try and test this new feature. We hope this first version will give you an easy-to-deploy network discovery.

Finally, we're all ears! Your feedback is valuable, and we'd love to hear it.

Feel free to share in the comments or share your logs and screenshots privately to preview@lansweeper.com

Kind regards,

Gilian De Raes
Product Manager | Lansweeper

[mem16421]

Has the (Full) Network Discovery been updated to include OT?  Based on the change log it hasn't been updated since July 16th?

[Gilian]

@mem16421 Network Discovery already has an OT sensor onboard which is installed for any new installation. You can also use the installer to extend an existing network discovery installation. We'll release version 0.24 very soon now which will also upgrade the built in framework to .NET 8 ensuring compliance and reducing vulnerabilities.

[gokou340]

EDIT: Wrong topic.

[BuckRogers]

Dear team,

thank you very much for this new solution. Is SNMP supported? I'm evaluating the solution and missing many data fields via SNMP. Credentials are confugured correctly.

Kind regards, Florian.

[CezaryKalandyk]

Hi Florian!

Yes, indeed, it is supported. However, some of the data might not be visible as it is still in development. Nevertheless, could you mention what data fields you are missing? 
Thank you!

[BuckRogers]

Hi, 

attached a quick example.

I have several assets with snmp services enabled. I can also scan them from the same server where the discovery agent is installed and get results. My Firewall for example does not get the network interfacs in the config tab or even the manufacturer in the main tab.
Attached is a picture from my synology NAS. Even the hub reports the model correctly, the information is not present at the website.
It seems that either the scanner does not use the snmp credentials which I binded to the scan or something is not updated correctly.
Is there any logfile wehere I can check, which scan mechanism (Windows, SNMP, SSH) is failing or used?

Thank you in advance

Flo

[Gilian]

Hi @BuckRogers ,

Can you send us the logfile to preview@lansweeper.com so we can analyse what happened?

By default, Network Discovery will be installed in the following locations:

• Windows: C:\Program Files\Lansweeper Network Discovery
• Linux:
  • /opt/lansweeper-hub
  • /opt/lansweeper-it-sensor
  • /opt/lansweeper-ot-sensor
• macOS: /Application Support/Lansweeper Network Discovery

By default, logs can be found in the following locations:

• sensors\logs\Lansweeper.IT.Sensor.log
• hub\logs\Lansweeper.Discovery.Hub.log

[mem16421]

I am connected to different OT network weekly, when will OT be added to Network Discovery?

[Gilian]

Currently scheduled for week of Sep 9th 2024