Lansweeper

Regardless if you’re a professional network administrator or just someone who’s concerned about a particular network and its state or characteristics, one of the best ways to learn about it and the connected devices is by resorting to some form of scanning.

Lansweeper, just as its name aptly suggests, was designed specifically in order to provide you with specialized means to perform network scans in order to detect and identify the connected workstations and other devices.

If you’re a beginner or just aren’t that well-familiarized with network scans and protocols, Lansweeper has you covered, since it features a highly accessible, step-by-step configuration wizard for the initial scan.

Now that’s not to say that you won’t need at least some basic knowledge of the involved aspects, but it’s still good to see such functionality. A very detailed configuration process accounts for a variety of aspects, which ensures that the performed scan will result in more precise information.

Once you’ve completed the scan, the app offers an impressively detailed report of the amassed data. A variety of aspects are addressed, ranging from domain and locations overview, and all the way down to the available asset groups, and statistics for these.

Interpreting the gathered data is easy, thanks to the design of the reports and a dedicated tab array offers easy selection for the software, hardware, server, as well as active directory elements.

Lansweeper comes equipped with all the bells and whistles that you might find necessary when wanting to perform advanced network scans for determining connectivity aspects or issues, as well as devices and other pertinent aspects.