You can use devices that don't have the Atera Agent installed to scan your networks. This means you can perform full network discovery and visibility from devices you’ve added manually, such as routers, servers, or workstations. Scanning with agentless devices makes it easier to map and assess networks that don’t yet have agents installed, expanding your reach and helping you identify new devices, vulnerabilities, and opportunities for deployment.

Note: Scanning custom networks may not return full device information.

Scan a network

To scan a manually added network:

1. From Network Discovery (on the sidebar), select the site.

1. From Network Discovery (on the sidebar), select the customer.

The Site scan page appears.

The Customer scan page appears.

2. Open the Scan settings.

3. Click Add network.

The Add network window appears. 

4. Select the public IP and the scanning agent. 

5. Select Custom and then enter the custom network address.

6. Click Add.

The network will appear in your scanned settings.

7. Click Save and scan.

The Initiate scan window appears.

8. Enter the scanning agent's device credentials or send a toast notification request to the target device so the end user can input the device credentials themselves.

Note:

• Domain controller scans require credentials for both scanning the network and installing the Atera Agent. Workgroup scans don't require credentials to run, but they’re needed to install the Atera Agent on discovered devices.
• Credentials are only required once, when first activating a scan — unless you change the configuration.

Note: The scan will start immediately will then continue to run as scheduled.

Check back in a few minutes to see discovered devices on the scanned network.