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IP Scanner

The Spiceworks IP Scanner tool is part of the Inventory online system when paired with collection agents.By itself, IP Scanner is a great way to get a quick look at devices on your network. Install the agent and you can scanyour local network for devices to see:

Online/Offline status
Device name
IP address
Vendor
Operating system
MAC address
Open ports
Device description

Install on Windows

Go to the IP Scanner page and click Agent download. In the modal thatpops up, copy the Site Key and click the download button. Run the MSI file as an administrator. When you’re going throughthe installer, you’ll be asked for the site key. Paste it in that text box.

If you left the IP Scanner page up while you were installing the agent shell, it should refresh and you can start using it.Otherwise, you can always access it by selecting IP Scanner from the Tools & Apps menu.

Install on Mac

Go to the IP Scanner page and click Agent download. In the modal thatpops up, copy the Site Key and then click Choose a different OS and select MacOS. When you’re going throughthe installer, you’ll be asked for the site key. Paste it in that text box.

Add devices and IP ranges

When the agent has finished installing, it will open a page in your browser to get started using the IP Scanner. The default IP rangesdiscovered by your agent will be listed to be scanned. You can remove these by clicking the “X” next to them in the pop-up modal,or add new ranges by entering them in the box and clicking Add IP(s). The tool only accepts IPv4 class C ranges.

Rediscovering networks

If you deleted the IP ranges discovered by your agent, or if you’ve changed networks and want the agent to discover the new ones, flipthe toggle next to Have you changed networks?. This will have the agent shell determine your local networks again.

Add tickets for your devices

If you’re also using the Spiceworks Cloud Help Desk, you can integrate your IP Scanner with it. And you don’t even have to doanything (as long as you’re using your Spiceworks Community account for both of them).

After you’ve discovered your devices, if you want to create a ticket that is tied to the device, there are two ways you cango about it:

Creating tickets for a single device

Click anywhere in the device’s row in your IP Scanner devices table.
Click the menu icon next to the device’s name.
Select Create Ticket.
Fill in the new ticket form and click Create Ticket to save.

Creating tickets for multiple devices

Say you’ve got a problem that relates to multiple devices. You can relate the ticket to all of them easily from the IP Scannerdevices table.

Click the boxes for each desired device from your IP Scanner devices table.
Click Create Ticket from the menu at the bottom of the page.
Fill in the new ticket form and click Create Ticket to save.

Export your data

Your device data is not saved, so if you want to run another scan, but still save your data, click the Export button to save a CSVfile with your device data. Note that if you’ve done any filtering, exporting your data only exports what’s currently visible. So toget all your data, remove any filters or searches you’ve done.

Remove an IP Scanner from your Device Inventory

If you need to remove an IP Scanner (and its results) from your Inventory, mouse over the agent, click the menu icon, and select remove scanner.

Note that this will not delete the scanner from the device. You’ll still need to do that manually.

Common (and not so common) issues

IP address as hostname and no open ports…

You might come across devices that have the IP address in the Name field instead of the hostname, along with no open ports showing up.This is usually due to the device lacking a DNS entry. Create a hostname for the device in your DNS and that should take care of the problem.

I’ve removed a device from my network, but it’s showing up in the scan…

This is likely a DNS issue. Maybe you haven’t cleaned your DNS since removing the device?

I’m having issues getting it to install…

Make sure you’re installing it as an administrator. That is required.

Frequently asked questions

Does the scan automatically update?

No. With the exception of the up/down status, this is information that shouldn’t be changing with any kind of regularity. If you want to keep track of the online/offline status of your devices, check outthe Connectivity Dashboard.

How do I get an updated scan?

Just click the Start a new Scan button. You’ll be given an option to export your current data (because it will be overwritten),then you can escan your IP ranges.

How do I access the IP Scanner?

The easiest way to access your scan data is to mouse over the Tools & Apps menu at the top of any Spiceworks Community page, then select IP Scanner. Just make sure you’re logged in to the Spiceworks account your IP Scanner was installed with.

Alternatively, you could just bookmark this link to get there.

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Other needlessly difficult ways to access:

Windows: You can get to the IP Scanner by right-clicking the systray icon and select Browse to Surface Scan Inventory. The URL is your personal scan page. So, if you want to access your IP Scanner from other computers, you can easily do so using that URL. This will alsolet you initiate scans from any computer as long as the device where the agent is installed is online. Because of this, you should becareful about sharing that URL.
Mac: You can use the tray icon to Browse to Surface Scan Inventory, or you could use your GUID in order to get there:

In terminal, enter cat /Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/etc/mono/registry/LocalMachine/software/spiceworks/agent shell/values.xml
Get the GUID value.
Open your preferred browser and paste this as the URL: https://apps.spiceworks.com/tools/device-inventory?agent_uuid=<GUID goes here>

How does the scan work?

After you’ve entered the IP range, the agent will talk to Active Directory, if available, to get device details. Then DNS is consultedfor the info it has. If both were detected, the information is compared in order to get the correct data. After that, the agent checks for open ports and uses ping.

How do I know if the scan is running?

Just look at the refresh symbol on the left side. Is it spinning? If so, the scan is running. Or, at least the web page thinks the agentis scanning. If it’s spinning for several minutes and you’re not seeing any results, the agent might have lost connection. There’s a 12 minute timeout on the scanner, so it’ll take that long for an error message to show up.

How do I delete my data?

Your scan results will stay there until y

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