How Lansweeper uniquely identifies assets
When a network asset is being scanned, Lansweeper needs to determine whether the asset is already present in the Lansweeper
Scanning your network
Scanning with an Active Directory User/Group Path scanning target
Active Directory User/Group Path is an agentless, scheduled scanning target suitable for scanning Active Directory users and Active Directory user
Scanning with an Active Directory Domain scanning target
Active Directory Domain is an agentless, fully automated scanning target suitable for scanning Windows computers that are part of an
Excluding events from scanning
All Windows computer scanning methods scan events found in the Windows Logs section of a client machine’s Event Viewer. Error
Scanning non-error events
When Lansweeper scans a Windows computer, it retrieves the events found in the Windows Logs section of the computer’s Event
Scanning with an Eventlog Only scanning target
Your Lansweeper installation includes two Eventlog Only scanning targets. These are agentless, scheduled scanning targets that scan the event log entries
Scanning with an Active Directory Computer Path scanning target
Active Directory Computer Path is an agentless, scheduled scanning target that scans any Windows computers in the Active Directory computer container
Viewing and clearing your scanning queue
To see which assets are currently being scanned by your Lansweeper installation and which are queued for scanning, access the
Managing how often specific data is scanned
To avoid unnecessary network traffic during agentless scanning, not all Windows and Linux computer data is rescanned all the time.
Scanning with a Workgroup scanning target
Due to their reliance on the old SMB1 protocol, scanning targets of the type “Workgroup” are marked as deprecated. It
Scanning with an IP Range scanning target
An IP Range target is an agentless, scheduled scanning target that scans any IP range specified by you. The IP
Creating and mapping scanning credentials
Scanning credentials are login/password combinations and certificates/keys used by your Lansweeper installation to remotely access and scan network assets. The
Excluding assets from scanning
This article explains how to exclude assets from scanning. If an asset is part of just one scanning target, scan
Windows rename detection
This article explains the effect of enabling Windows rename detection. When a network asset is being scanned, Lansweeper needs to
How to scan a Linux or Unix computer
Lansweeper supports scanning of Linux and Unix operating systems. Scanned Linux data includes disks, network interfaces, manufacturer, model, memory, OS,
How to scan an Apple Mac computer
Lansweeper supports scanning of macOS. Scanned Mac data includes disks, network interfaces, memory, model, OS, processor, serial number, software, uptime
Introduction to the LsPush scanning agent for Windows
Lansweeper includes several scanning methods to scan the assets in your network. You can scan the Linux, Unix, Mac and
Scanning file properties with custom file scanning
Lansweeper allows you to scan specific files on your Windows computers. Custom file scanning retrieves various properties (version, company, size,
Scanning registry values with custom registry scanning
Lansweeper allows you to scan values in your Windows computers’ registries, through custom registry scanning. Registry scanning checks what a
Finding your domains’ DNS and NetBIOS names
When scanning assets using Lansweeper, you sometimes needs to submit your domain’s DNS or NetBIOS name as part of the
Scanning untrusted domains
If you’d like to submit a domain for scanning other than the one your Lansweeper server is located in and
LsClient parameters
The information in this article is solely provided for historical purposes. From Lansweeper version 6.0.100 onward, LsClient is no longer