User Manual

Introduction to Discovery
Discovery finds, classifies, and displays the
details of network components. Information
provided by Discovery can include the
following:
l IP, BSSID, and MAC addresses
l Device Names
l Device Connectivity
l SNMP Data
l Network Problems
l Interface Details and Statistics
Devices are discovered via ARP and Ping
sweeps; SNMP, DNS, mDNS, and netBIOS
queries; and passive traffic monitoring.
Discovery classifies each device as it is found.
Up to 2,000 devices can be reported.
The Discovery app also detects Problems with
discovered devices, including Warning and
Failure conditions.
The LinkRunner's discovery process begins
when the unit is powered on. Once a network
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